Conservatives have traded periodic revolts for a permanent revolution

[BertramN]

“…the tea party never really faded away. It mutated. It became the Trump movement, which is likely to dominate the Republican Party and have a major impact on politics for years to come. If the best guide to conservatism was once Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s The Cycles of American History, now it might be Leon Trotsky’s The Permanent Revolution.

Conservatism’s familiar pattern of advance, consolidation, retrenchment and renewal has vanished. In its place is something that looks like #MAGA Forever.
[…]
The tea party cohort was notable mainly for its anti-institutionalism and breaking of norms. Its principal accomplishment was the Budget Control Act of 2011, with its spending caps and sequestrations, but its more symbolic action was the 2013 government shutdown. That negativity carried into the formation of the House Freedom Caucus in 2015. The caucus was not much more ideologically conservative than other GOP factions, but it was distinctive for its determination to destroy bipartisan cooperation, deny Obama any legislative achievements or real legitimacy, and dethrone Boehner, who appeared too willing to cut deals with the Democrats.
[…]
The party’s constituents – especially the non-college-educated, working-class citizens who make up much of the Republican base – need the government’s help with their problems. And the party’s long-term viability may be in doubt if a strategy of mindless, implacable obstruction endangers the stability and prosperity of the country, causing too many voters to consider it an existential threat.”

Concord Monitor

The Concord Monitor is a Pulitzer Prize winning daily newspaper and website located in the capital city of New Hampshire. The Concord Monitor is Central NH's dominant media with more than 70 percent household penetration. The Monitor is a key source of news and information for Concord, NH.

www.concordmonitor.com

And we’ll see this continue for at least the next for years as the Republican-controlled Senate pursues a strategy of mindless, implacable obstruction determined to destroy bipartisan cooperation and deny Biden any legislative achievements or real legitimacy.

The Republican strategy to brainwash the less intelligent white Christians has been an overwhelming success. It's created a segment of society convinced they know more about everything than any single or group of educated professionals.

There is no question in the minds of these people about the absolute correctness of their presumed knowledge, so there can be no debating or presentation of empirical data, on any issue in the hope of demonstrating, to them, the error(s) of their immovable thought processes. 2+2 always equals 5.87 in their world.


.

 

[9thIDdoc]

“…the tea party never really faded away. It mutated. It became the Trump movement, which is likely to dominate the Republican Party and have a major impact on politics for years to come. If the best guide to conservatism was once Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s The Cycles of American History, now it might be Leon Trotsky’s The Permanent Revolution.

Conservatism’s familiar pattern of advance, consolidation, retrenchment and renewal has vanished. In its place is something that looks like #MAGA Forever.
[…]
The tea party cohort was notable mainly for its anti-institutionalism and breaking of norms. Its principal accomplishment was the Budget Control Act of 2011, with its spending caps and sequestrations, but its more symbolic action was the 2013 government shutdown. That negativity carried into the formation of the House Freedom Caucus in 2015. The caucus was not much more ideologically conservative than other GOP factions, but it was distinctive for its determination to destroy bipartisan cooperation, deny Obama any legislative achievements or real legitimacy, and dethrone Boehner, who appeared too willing to cut deals with the Democrats.
[…]
The party’s constituents – especially the non-college-educated, working-class citizens who make up much of the Republican base – need the government’s help with their problems. And the party’s long-term viability may be in doubt if a strategy of mindless, implacable obstruction endangers the stability and prosperity of the country, causing too many voters to consider it an existential threat.”

Concord Monitor

The Concord Monitor is a Pulitzer Prize winning daily newspaper and website located in the capital city of New Hampshire. The Concord Monitor is Central NH's dominant media with more than 70 percent household penetration. The Monitor is a key source of news and information for Concord, NH.

www.concordmonitor.com

And we’ll see this continue for at least the next for years as the Republican-controlled Senate pursues a strategy of mindless, implacable obstruction determined to destroy bipartisan cooperation and deny Biden any legislative achievements or real legitimacy.

The Republican strategy to brainwash the less intelligent white Christians has been an overwhelming success. It's created a segment of society convinced they know more about everything than any single or group of educated professionals.

There is no question in the minds of these people about the absolute correctness of their presumed knowledge, so there can be no debating or presentation of empirical data, on any issue in the hope of demonstrating, to them, the error(s) of their immovable thought processes. 2+2 always equals 5.87 in their world.


.

Right. You're convinced you're smarter than anyone who disagrees with you on anything. Isn't that called elitism?

 

[BertramN]

“…the tea party never really faded away. It mutated. It became the Trump movement, which is likely to dominate the Republican Party and have a major impact on politics for years to come. If the best guide to conservatism was once Arthur Schlesinger Jr.’s The Cycles of American History, now it might be Leon Trotsky’s The Permanent Revolution.

Conservatism’s familiar pattern of advance, consolidation, retrenchment and renewal has vanished. In its place is something that looks like #MAGA Forever.
[…]
The tea party cohort was notable mainly for its anti-institutionalism and breaking of norms. Its principal accomplishment was the Budget Control Act of 2011, with its spending caps and sequestrations, but its more symbolic action was the 2013 government shutdown. That negativity carried into the formation of the House Freedom Caucus in 2015. The caucus was not much more ideologically conservative than other GOP factions, but it was distinctive for its determination to destroy bipartisan cooperation, deny Obama any legislative achievements or real legitimacy, and dethrone Boehner, who appeared too willing to cut deals with the Democrats.
[…]
The party’s constituents – especially the non-college-educated, working-class citizens who make up much of the Republican base – need the government’s help with their problems. And the party’s long-term viability may be in doubt if a strategy of mindless, implacable obstruction endangers the stability and prosperity of the country, causing too many voters to consider it an existential threat.”

Concord Monitor

The Concord Monitor is a Pulitzer Prize winning daily newspaper and website located in the capital city of New Hampshire. The Concord Monitor is Central NH's dominant media with more than 70 percent household penetration. The Monitor is a key source of news and information for Concord, NH.

www.concordmonitor.com

And we’ll see this continue for at least the next for years as the Republican-controlled Senate pursues a strategy of mindless, implacable obstruction determined to destroy bipartisan cooperation and deny Biden any legislative achievements or real legitimacy.

The Republican strategy to brainwash the less intelligent white Christians has been an overwhelming success. It's created a segment of society convinced they know more about everything than any single or group of educated professionals.

There is no question in the minds of these people about the absolute correctness of their presumed knowledge, so there can be no debating or presentation of empirical data, on any issue in the hope of demonstrating, to them, the error(s) of their immovable thought processes. 2+2 always equals 5.87 in their world.


.

Right. You're convinced you're smarter than anyone who disagrees with you on anything. Isn't that called elitism?

The "Republican strategy" has, indeed, been successful. It is not anyone's opinion, it is a fact the GOP has admitted to relying on for over fifty years.

Sadly, those who have been brainwashed refuse to accept any and all evidence published. (Google has a wealth of information on this subject, which people like you will refuse to believe.)

.