A discussion of the concept of “base” would be of great interest to me.
Any chance of getting a new “base” thread going?
Well, maybe trying to bring concept of “base” from chemistry could give us insights. Bronsted base is something capable of absorbing a proton [not usable for us, at least not directly], while Lewis base is the source/carrier of unshared electron pair available for binding. Similarly, political “base” could be seen as a source/carrier of “ideas” [usually half-baked in any mass implementation]. More, the base ideas better be wrong - but simple and catchy, i.e. infectious. The test of the “base idea” is its capacity to form slogans, like “workers of the world, unite!” The right ideas normally do not make good slogans, and take too much effort for comprehension and transmission, i.e. have low affinity for the potential recipient [aka voter to be attracted]. Thus one could say that their Lewis basicity is low.