It's probably worth noting that, historically, the Democratic party was probably the most important institutional architect of "whiteness" in the nineteenth and early twentieth century.
People frequently wonder how it is that political parties change. The key is to remember than either of them have any values at all more important than winning elections and getting control of the power (and budgets) of governing bodies. That trumps everything they promise voters in order to win, and shapes the nature of their policies, even those that are ostensibly helpful to people. The current anticlimactic pie fight in Congress was a case in point. Loyalty to one or another of these parties among the people always involves various levels of irrationality, but it's no less intense as a result. Every election has been very stressful because the personal attacks from one side or no less vicious than from the other. My sympathies to all who have to endure it. Cheers, Mark L. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#6380): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/6380 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/80619540/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/8674936/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
