• pjwestin@lemmy.world
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    3 months ago

    What he said was exactly right, though. Third-Way Democrats like Clinton started adopting conservative views on austerity and taxes to try and emulate Regan’s success. In order to keep distinguishing themselves from their Democratic rivals, Republicans kept adopting further right economic and social policies. The end result of that rightward lurch is Trump.

    “Waaaaaaaa someone gave me some additional historical context that contradicted my worldview!”