[BenLurkin]

The GOP only exists to create an illusion of a representative republic.

It’s job is to put up a phony opposition to the rapid growth of Statism — and lose.

It is, in reality, nothing more than a subsidiary of the Democrat Party

[Starboard]

It’s job is to put up a phony opposition to the rapid growth of Statism — and lose.

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Excellent comment. Right on the money.

[Cboldt]

-- The GOP only exists to create an illusion of a representative republic. --

To be sure, there is a power play between the parties, and each individual member's fortune rises or falls based on political (crony) power.

I submit that the purpose is more sinister than illusion and personal gain. The presence of a so-called opposition party is used to legitimize the government, which at bottom is nothing more than the use of force against the public.

None of this is "new" revelation, "new" meaning "since 1980" or "since 1950." The overgrowth of government has been going on, and noticed, for about 100 years.