I think the “Republican” brand name now is too toxic.
Conservatives, tend to be individualists, as opposed to collectivists, which most liberals tend to be.
It’s easier to get liberals to go along for the “greater good”, than it is for conservatives to do so. So we’re never really happy with anyone.
Agree
In my personal opinion, good, decent people don’t go into politics. People who *want* power, want to rule, want to run things are pretty much the exact sorts who shouldn’t. Anyone running for office is, to me, as much of a thug and thief as someone I just observed smashing the window of a car and grabbing something out of it; I don’t know quite what they grabbed, is it a camera, a laptop, or a purse, but I know damned well they - and we - would be better off if a good Samaritan shot ‘em first and asked questions later.
I get utterly flabbergasted by the people who point to *any* person in office or running for it and say ‘She/he loves his country’ -BS, they found an opportunity to steal, bully, or otherwise do evil.
That’s why I want limited government. I want a government so weak, so limited, so constrained that it can be run by the very WORST human beings and not do too much damage. Because there are no Good Guys, there are merely crooks and thugs in an advance auction of stolen goods; I don’t care how much scripture they quote of flags they fondle.
“It’s easier to get liberals to go along for the “greater good”, than it is for conservatives to do so. So we’re never really happy with anyone.”
That’s a good and accurate observation. I also think the more reactionaries do not help by trying to ban pictures of statues from school libraries. That seems too regressive, even for many conservatives.