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In reply to the discussion: The Democratic Party is a Big Tent [View all]Egalitarian Thug
(12,448 posts)I have no doubt whatsoever that you sincerely believe what you've written, and again, are pointing out why this idea of identification/team sport politics is pointless. You write of logical fallacies and in the very next sentence write that, despite all evidence and logic, declare as fact that principles are irrelevant to the party.
I would love nothing better than to see actual debate in any area of American politics, but that just isn't going to happen.
Our parties justify their existence and control over the process by establishing core principles and gathering people to them. If winning is the only principle that matters then, and this has been exhaustively written of for many decades, the ultimate victory will go to any group that delivers the most to the largest block regardless of the consequences for the rest. That is what the republicans did to get us to this sorry state.
To use a popular reference, check out House of Cards (the British version. I haven't seen the American remake). This strategy works every time and always results in the same thing, deeply divisive chaos with obscene rewards to the insiders that don't care at all about governing or the governed.