I think the American people have been subject to the largest marketing campaign in history, and we’ve bought into it, hook, line, and sinker. Consider:
The Democrat Party sells itself as the party of the little guy. The blue collar worker. The under-represented minority of any stripe—women, gay, trans, Black, etc. This includes the women’s ‘right to choose’ regarding abortion. The party of compassion, that CARES about everyone. The party that wants to keep Big Business in line, if not in check. Democrats love open or nearly open borders, and nearly unfettered immigration, as they see potential voters. It bashes ‘crony Capitalism’.
The Republican Party sells itself as the party of Conservative values. These include: smaller government, limited taxes, more freedom, strong Defense, law and order, anti-abortion, and fidelity to the Constitution. The GOP seems to want stronger borders and limited immigration. While it supports personal and business success, it also decries ‘crony Capitalism’.
But I think these are just marketing stances, not reality. Democrats receive as much Wall Street cash as the GOP, maybe more. While the Democrats love union political funds, what have they done in the last 30 years to support workers? And does creating a dependency on Welfare programs really count as compassion?
The GOP is just as flimsy. The size of government grows incessantly, regardless of which party has control. It never shrinks, ever. While they do seem to support a stronger military, they seem to ignore the whole ‘law-and-order’ thing, especially with regard to crimes committed by government employees.
Both parties spout off as anti-crony-capitalism, yet they sure take in mega-bucks in donations from all lobbyists, especially those of Big- anything, as they have the deepest pockets. Both parties wink-and-nod about real immigration reform, as the GOP backers dig the cheaper, unregulated near-slave labor pool. And debt and deficits? Neither party corners the market on runaway spending—drunken sailors are at least limited to funds on hand! $24T more spending than revenue? It never improves, it just gets worse.
