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[joshcryer]

55. You should look up "active measures."

This tactic I think is being employed by the increasingly relevant Libertarian-right. The Republican party and is cohorts know that they are a dying breed so the last remnants, the economically far right socially left (really middle) are taking over.

The downfall really started after Warren gave the inauguration speech. It certainly hurt a lot of progressives (I was one of them, I got my first post in 6 years locked for pointing it out).

We are at a time in US history where the far right economically speaking is trying to take over the country, they want to replace government with corporations while allowing people to have "freedoms" that they don't currently enjoy. For instance, they want people to be able to smoke pot, but they would never stop a company from refusing to hire someone with high THC levels in their bloodstream. They want people to be able to be openly gay, but they would never stop a company from firing someone who has a hairstyle that doesn't meet corporate guidelines. See how this is going?

This is the future if the far right Libertarians are allowed to win. Are allowed to take over.

Yes the Democratic Party has a lot of work still left to do. A lot of the party is still stuck in red territory trying to compromise where it can. The reality is that American demographics are changing, rapidly, and this isn't going to be the case forever. Thus the Democratic Party can't magically be abandoned just because some right wing Libertarians sound like they support progressive ideals. In the end they don't.