Robert ReichJan 4, 2023

Once upon a time, GOP stood for limited government. In time, it became the party of “cultural conservatism.”

Now, it’s a cauldron of bitterness, xenophobia, racism, homophobia & anti-intellectualism.

Let's be clear: The Republican Party has lost any legitimate reason for being.

Show threadAvram Grumer 🎲

@rbreich When was it, exactly, that the Republican Party stood for limited government?

Certainly not in the Reagan years, when they pushed for a bigger military and more foreign intervention, and sought to ban abortion.

Certainly not under Bush Jr, who increased federal spending by over 50%, created the Dep’t of Homeland Security, and started a massive war in Iraq. (And also sought to ban abortion.)

Jan 5, 2023 at 12:35amWeb
Show threaddragonfrogJan 5, 2023

@avram @rbreich "limited government" always meant certain specific parts of government needed limiting - the parts that helped people who were poor, not white, gay, or desiring a good public education.

Oh hang on a second, that means...

Show threadAvram Grumer 🎲Jan 5, 2023
@dragonfrog @rbreich Yeah, the conservative ideal has always been that there are natural hierarchies — white over Black, man over woman, Christian over non-Christian, boss over worker, rich over poor, landlord over tenant, etc — and that government can (and should) enforce those hierarchies, but not interfere with them.