YoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agoWisconsin Supreme Court flips liberal, creating a ‘seismic shift’www.washingtonpost.comexternal-linkmessage-square33fedilinkarrow-up1359arrow-down110
arrow-up1349arrow-down1external-linkWisconsin Supreme Court flips liberal, creating a ‘seismic shift’www.washingtonpost.comYoBuckStopsHere@lemmy.world to politics @lemmy.worldEnglish · 10 months agomessage-square33fedilink
minus-squaredanc4498@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up16arrow-down2·10 months agoDamn, same strategy with school boards. Why the fuck do we care what political party they are aligned with?
minus-squareJerkface@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up17·10 months agoIf your goal is to conserve wealth and power, disenfranchising those who have the ability to hinder you is a solid strategy.
minus-squaretheragu40@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up9·10 months agoBecause Republicans long ago stopped campaigning on normal political issues and began fighting a culture war instead. The result is that a whole ton of things that shouldn’t be political issues at all somehow are.
minus-squarespider@lemmy.nzlinkfedilinkarrow-up4·edit-210 months agoi.e., divide --> stir up chaos --> conquer
Damn, same strategy with school boards. Why the fuck do we care what political party they are aligned with?
If your goal is to conserve wealth and power, disenfranchising those who have the ability to hinder you is a solid strategy.
Because Republicans long ago stopped campaigning on normal political issues and began fighting a culture war instead. The result is that a whole ton of things that shouldn’t be political issues at all somehow are.
i.e., divide --> stir up chaos --> conquer