The GOP is now fundamentally a white supremacist religious party that believes in a Bible based government. They are allied with billionaires and economic allies who see great advantage in allying themselves with religionist elements for economic gain. In their view they have the media, the money, and the means to create a nation ruled by a political minority. They believe that they can rule this country very much like South Africa was run. And the scuttling of the Voting Rights Act gives them the ability to game and rig elections to their advantage indefinitely.
We can assume the voter Id and voter suppression laws will even be more draconian in the next election cycles. They believe they can sequester out most opposition voters. And they are determined to shut out minorities before demographics takes over. Most people are not paying attention and do not care from what I can tell.
If you look at the laws being passed now in places like Wisconsin, Michigan and other states that are even blue, they have succeeded in ending democracy in some very important ways. The ability to demonstrate and use your 1st amendment rights has been pretty much ended in places like Wisconsin where you can be arrested for carrying a protest sign on the capitol grounds. Recent arrests in North Carolina where people are legally demonstrating should be a good example. The ability of even state officials to track and intimidate activists is pretty obvious.
What is concerning is that most younger women are totally clueless about these new laws and few are really active. The average young woman I run into seems to have NO idea what is going. And many young women seem to be buying into the GOP and church mantra about having children and family values that are against their long term interests. The GOP is constantly now saying to the younger generation of women to find a man to support you, get married, have kids and stay out of the job market except for part time "pin money". I already see a lot of young women under 25 with 3 kids already.
I have 7 or 8 churches of various denominations within 5 miles of my house and they are all fundamentalist. The GOP is more than willing to do their will. It seems more than coincidental that 5 Supreme Court Judges are Catholic. And it seems more than coincidental that so many hosipitals are being bought by Catholic institutions.
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