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The only possible good that can come of this wretched campaign is the ever-increasing likelihood that it will cause the Democratic Party to self-destruct. A lot of people are seriously worried about this, but I am not one of them. I have never been much of a Party Man myself. . . and the more I learn about the realities of national politics, the more I’m convinced that the Democratic Party is an atavistic endeavor – more an Obstacle than a Vehicle – and that there is really no hope of accomplishing anything genuinely new or different in American politics until the Democratic Party is done away with.

hst-pissed From Fear and Loathing on the Campaign Trail '72

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[-] Wheaties@hexbear.net 8 points 2 months ago

if it helps;

FDR began the process in the 1930s with his response to the Great Depression. Conservative funders fled to the Republicans, although they remained a relatively minor voice until they were able to capitalize on the racist backlash to the Civil Rights movement in the 1960s.

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