"...Ideology makes men fight for their servitude as stubbornly as though it were their salvation." Deleuze / Guattari
Americans puzzle over their low wages, they wonder at the inequality of our now economic third world nation as they vote in the very people who are corporate tools. Most of these tools are republicans and so called conservatives. Until liberals, democrats, leftists, and freedom loving folk learn people are not rational and that those who have the best slogans win - Idiots will always win if their message is simple enough. Look only at Joni Ernst as an example, she may make Michelle Bachmann look reasonable. Seems simple but the democrats and progressives don't get it. Say taxes, welfare, dog whistles, un-American, socialism and voila instant vote. The puppet ideology of the right wins. Of course the history of republican rule is a failure but does any American know any history? As I've asked in another post what has conservative politics ever done for all Americans = NOTHING. Is it any wonder the red states depend more on government and rank so low in education? And on a more personal level I laugh today as republicans and conservatives in my age category worry about social security and medicare, not that they are funded, but that they can benefit from these liberal policies.
"Before 1950 the political designation of “conservative” was disavowed, if not altogether disliked, by most Americans, including Republicans. Yet very soon after, and for the first time in American history, ideological “conservatism” became a more than acceptable political designation. By the 1980s, more Americans called themselves “conservatives” than “liberals.” Much of this was ambiguous, since many Americans were not truly conservative at all, except for their opposition to liberals." John Lukacs 'American Nationalism'