two major parties
huh?
UNIPARTY. LET’S PARTAY!
MAGA
“The Democrats do not have goodwill.” I think the GOPers who have kept on trying to “reach across the aisle” don’t understand this. They’re thinking of old-line Dems, some of whom could be reasoned with and not all of whom were fundamentally Marxists. So they were trying to operate in a world of constitutional political normality, where the ultimate goals were roughly the same (a safe, prosperous society) and the procedures for achieving them were defined and accepted by everybody.
But as the author points out, this hasn’t been the case for a long time in the Democrat Party, and the Biden/Bernie pact this summer essentially meant that the Dems are not even pretending to be a regular American political party and abide by our procedures. But the Republicans are either unwilling or unable to admit this, and keep on acting as if all is fine, everything’s under control, don’t worry, this is just normal…but it’s not.
As to what can be done about it, I have no idea.