Originally Posted by
echappist
Got it. Unless a political party passes your purity test, it’s all moot for you. Sometimes there isn’t really a good choice, and we have to pick between merely okay and the god-awful. That you would declare no significant difference simply because neither clears your bar for being considered good is just reductive and nihilistic.
Furthermore, no consideration given to the tangible differences that the different policies have on others. Yes, LBJ sent more troops to Vietnam, but he also expanded the social safety net (you did talk about the have nots) and signed into law the various Civil Right and Voting Right Acts. He spent all the political capital he mustered over the years to get those legislation passed (with the help of a few northern Republicans, who were derisively called RINOs). Other than the creation of the EPA under Nixon, i can’t recall any other drastic legislation by the GOP in the post-WWII era which served to expand or protect the common good. Voting rights, civil rights, and expanded safety net might not mean much to you, but they mean a hell a lot to the “downs” you previously mentioned.
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