Vox: America may be in a reinforcing feedback loop of growing inequality and Republican rule
Pretty good read. Could be depressing (depending on your politics).
Basically the idea is that control of the US congress doesn't just flip back and forth, instead it sticks with one party or the other for multi-decade periods. There's a major upheaval, a wave election, the party uses this temporary majority to solidify their rule. That party generally stays in power for decades until the next major upheaval. The Republicans took control for several decades after the Civil War. The Democrats after the Great Depression.
The "Tea Party" backlash against Obama could be the major upheaval event. The GOP now controls most levels of government in the US. The Democrats control only a handful of blue states and the Presidency. The GOP isn't wasting their time knocking out the legs of the Democrats. They're going after unions and public education with a vengeance.
The theory goes: the less unionized and educated the populace is, the less likely the working class are to vote their "economic interest" (i.e.: for the left leaning parties).
So, 50 more years of largely GOP control in the US?
Pretty good read. Could be depressing (depending on your politics).
Basically the idea is that control of the US congress doesn't just flip back and forth, instead it sticks with one party or the other for multi-decade periods. There's a major upheaval, a wave election, the party uses this temporary majority to solidify their rule. That party generally stays in power for decades until the next major upheaval. The Republicans took control for several decades after the Civil War. The Democrats after the Great Depression.
The "Tea Party" backlash against Obama could be the major upheaval event. The GOP now controls most levels of government in the US. The Democrats control only a handful of blue states and the Presidency. The GOP isn't wasting their time knocking out the legs of the Democrats. They're going after unions and public education with a vengeance.
The theory goes: the less unionized and educated the populace is, the less likely the working class are to vote their "economic interest" (i.e.: for the left leaning parties).
So, 50 more years of largely GOP control in the US?
