Is the Republican party the working class party now?

[MaybeTony]

[NamerOfStars]

Pretty much. Attitudes shifted, and it became more important to be seen as doing the opposite of what the enemy (I can no longer, in good conscience, call it the "other") party was doing. When the core of the GOP shifted away from the nascent Tea Party libertarians, and further from the old bigoted attitudes of earlier decades (yes, conservatives, American history did not skip from 1860 to 2000; we also had 60's in the 1900s, and your racist attitudes back then were horrible) into a younger and more open-minded generation, the Republican party made a massive step towards the center. The Democrats, seeing this, made a massive step away from it, which lead to the rise of Obama.

As the racism, sexism, and classism of the Democrats grew, the mainstream Republicans, seeing their enemy make a mistake, floundered, in true Republican fashion, and wound up electing a candidate with real charisma, personal courage, a level of narcissism that would impress Wagner himself, and appallingly inflammatory rhetoric.

[MaybeTony]

Do you enjoy being controversial? You're quick lol

[FoxnEagle]

HA! No

They are the "we have a half-assed plan to get the economy healthy again and at least offer hope of a better tomorrow" party.

They can start by axing the "thousands of new jobs" the government made to make the numbers look better. (Guess who pays for those "new jobs")

[mandyfire98]

Trump, Musk, Bezos

Led by the "working" class for the working class. They're also all notoriously anti union.

[MaybeTony]

The working, blue collar, and minority class of America overwhelming voted for him though. How do we explain this? Are we going to assume that they're naive or do they possibly have positive experiences in their quality of life under Trump?

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

To assume they're naive? I wonder why.
Such things never happened during the last millennia, I don't see why it would happen in 2024 ?

[MaybeTony]

I don’t believe that minorities, including Hispanics, are naive, stupid, or gullible collectively. I live in a predominantly Hispanic area in FL, and these are hardworking individuals with a wealth of experience.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

Beliefs are one thing, History seems more sturdy than that.

[MaybeTony]

@Maybe_Maybe_not I understand the tragedies of history and the nature of the human condition, as well as how power structures and game theory often drive greed. It feels somewhat elitist to assume that minorities lack the awareness to understand what they’re voting for. Perhaps you're wrong? Not in a binary sense, but maybe you're misguided? Maybe the majority of American working class citizens and minorities are right in some ways? Is that a possibility in your head considering you're not even an American?

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I already answered the questions you're asking

[MaybeTony]

@Maybe_Maybe_not I'm challenging what you're saying though. Are you not interesting in engaging in a reciprocal dialog? That's a serious question. Not attempting to be a smart ass.

[Maybe_Maybe_not]

I don't see any challenging idea, which makes me uninterested

[mandyfire98]

The people I mentioned are all billionaires and will soon run this country. Billionaires aren't known for looking out for the greater good of working class people.

Trump said he hated giving his own employees overtime in the past.

Musk and Bezos both have people working for them that have reported horrible treatment and working conditions. Amazon employees were being forced to piss in jugs at one point.

All 3 have shown disdain for unions which side with employees rights.

So call it gullible or don't call it that but if you believe billionaires have worker's best interests at heart then I don't know what to tell you. That to me sounds dare I say it... Gullible?

Just sayin

[Anonymous]

Yeah, things have changed a lot lately and the working class has started to align more with the right. Especially with all the insults towards people that don't go to college.

The welfare class (which many inaccurately call "working class") is still more aligned to the left though. But that's because the left pushed for more generous welfare programs than the right pushes for.

[MaybeTony]

"Especially with all the negativity toward people who don’t pursue college." I've noticed this a lot too. I’m educated, but I’ve never felt the need to flaunt it or act superior. The irony is that many tradespeople are out-earning bachelor’s degree holders—and with far less debt!

[Opinion Owner]

Exactly ☝️

[phraseology]

The Republican party was formed to stop Democrat's attempts to expand slavery in the USA. The New World Order/Great Reset as the public knows it is a Globalist Communist plot to expand slavery. It doesn't seem like a new message to me. It's the entire reason the Republican party was created.

[NamerOfStars]

Ease off the hallucinogens, there, buddy. You'll feel better for it.

[phraseology]

@NamerOfStars Ah did you lose something? Yeah that's right you lost everything.

[NamerOfStars]

Not at all; nearly every candidate I was hoping would win did. I simply learn my history from sources other than right-wing talking points. Back to the NAMBLA rally with you.

[phraseology]

@NamerOfStars Cope harder loser.

[phraseology]

You slave trading faggots got a lot coming your way...

Republican Party Platform of 1856

June 18, 1856

This Convention of Delegates, assembled in pursuance of a call addressed to the people of the United States, without regard to past political differences or divisions, who are opposed to the repeal of the Missouri Compromise; to the policy of the present Administration; to the extension of Slavery into Free Territory; in favor of the admission of Kansas as a Free State; of restoring the action of the Federal Government to the principles of Washington and Jefferson; and for the purpose of presenting candidates for the offices of President and Vice-President, do resolve as follows:

Resolved: That the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence, and embodied in the Federal Constitution are essential to the preservation of our Republican institutions, and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States, and the union of the States, must and shall be preserved.

[phraseology]

Resolved: That, with our Republican fathers, we hold it to be a self-evident truth, that all men are endowed with the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that the primary object and ulterior design of our Federal Government were to secure these rights to all persons under its exclusive jurisdiction; that, as our Republican fathers, when they had abolished Slavery in all our National Territory, ordained that no person shall be deprived of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law, it becomes our duty to maintain this provision of the Constitution against all attempts to violate it for the purpose of establishing Slavery in the Territories of the United States by positive legislation, prohibiting its existence or extension therein. That we deny the authority of Congress, of a Territorial Legislation, of any individual, or association of individuals, to give legal existence to Slavery in any Territory of the United States, while the present Constitution shall be maintained.

Resolved: That the Constitution confers upon Congress sovereign powers over the Territories of the United States for their government; and that in the exercise of this power, it is both the right and the imperative duty of Congress to prohibit in the Territories those twin relics of barbarism--Polygamy, and Slavery.

Resolved: That while the Constitution of the United States was ordained and established by the people, in order to "form a more perfect union, establish justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blessings of liberty," and contain ample provision for the protection of the life, liberty, and property of every citizen, the dearest Constitutional rights of the people of Kansas have been fraudulently and violently taken from them.

[phraseology]

Their Territory has been invaded by an armed force;

Spurious and pretended legislative, judicial, and executive officers have been set over them, by whose usurped authority, sustained by the military power of the government, tyrannical and unconstitutional laws have been enacted and enforced;

The right of the people to keep and bear arms has been infringed.

Test oaths of an extraordinary and entangling nature have been imposed as a condition of exercising the right of suffrage and holding office.

The right of an accused person to a speedy and public trial by an impartial jury has been denied;

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, has been violated;

They have been deprived of life, liberty, and property without due process of law;

That the freedom of speech and of the press has been abridged;

The right to choose their representatives has been made of no effect;

Murders, robberies, and arsons have been instigated and encouraged, and the offenders have been allowed to go unpunished;

[phraseology]

That all these things have been done with the knowledge, sanction, and procurement of the present National Administration; and that for this high crime against the Constitution, the Union, and humanity, we arraign that Administration, the President, his advisers, agents, supporters, apologists, and accessories, either before or after the fact, before the country and before the world; and that it is our fixed purpose to bring the actual perpetrators of these atrocious outrages and their accomplices to a sure and condign punishment thereafter.

Resolved, That Kansas should be immediately admitted as a state of this Union, with her present Free Constitution, as at once the most effectual way of securing to her citizens the enjoyment of the rights and privileges to which they are entitled, and of ending the civil strife now raging in her territory.

Resolved, That the highwayman's plea, that "might makes right," embodied in the Ostend Circular, was in every respect unworthy of American diplomacy, and would bring shame and dishonor upon any Government or people that gave it their sanction.

Resolved, That a railroad to the Pacific Ocean by the most central and practicable route is imperatively demanded by the interests of the whole country, and that the Federal Government ought to render immediate and efficient aid in its construction, and as an auxiliary thereto, to the immediate construction of an emigrant road on the line of the railroad.

[phraseology]

Resolved, That appropriations by Congress for the improvement of rivers and harbors, of a national character, required for the accommodation and security of our existing commerce, are authorized by the Constitution, and justified by the obligation of the Government to protect the lives and property of its citizens.

Resolved, That we invite the affiliation and cooperation of the men of all parties, however differing from us in other respects, in support of the principles herein declared; and believing that the spirit of our institutions as well as the Constitution of our country, guarantees liberty of conscience and equality of rights among citizens, we oppose all legislation impairing their security.

[phraseology]

Democrats. Always the dumbest guy in the room.

[Anonymous]

It always was the working class party, no one ever stopped to realize that. Republicans have done more to improve the lives of average Americans in the past 50 years than any Democrat ever has. People need to stop goofing around all the time and start studying actual history.

[DryGermanGuy]

The Republican Party is dead. What's left is the MAGA party, vehicle of Trumpian gloom.

[exitseven]

Yes, they have become ore inclusive and reflect American values.

[Cubus]

Party of working class and the rich yes.

Trump has built a very weird coallition.

[SmokinAces2000]

No it’s not is just trump is good at appealing to ignorant Americans with a cult like mindset

[seeyounexttuesday]

It appears so. The democrats are the party of the elite warmongers.

[Anonymous]

Yes.