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minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish23•7 months agoThat sounds nice but the GOP has no interest in consensus based governance. Cooperating with them means acquiescing or losing
minus-square@atzanteollink0•edit-27 months agoOr it comes with rules changes and members chairing committees?
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish6•7 months agoBecause you expect them to keep their word. Which they don’t do.
minus-square@[email protected]linkfedilinkEnglish-1•7 months agoPersonally I don’t see a way back for American democracy barring a literal revolutionary movement in the conservative base that somehow…moderates them? And that’s just not what revolutionaries do, and misaligned with the GOP’s backers want.
That sounds nice but the GOP has no interest in consensus based governance. Cooperating with them means acquiescing or losing
Or it comes with rules changes and members chairing committees?
Because you expect them to keep their word. Which they don’t do.
Burn it all down then?
Personally I don’t see a way back for American democracy barring a literal revolutionary movement in the conservative base that somehow…moderates them? And that’s just not what revolutionaries do, and misaligned with the GOP’s backers want.