1 monthThey never were. They’re the party of corporate interests. When corporations wanted no regulation they championed small government. Now that they own all branches of government the corporations have their people at the helm so they want as much government control as possible because their guy will put it in good for them.
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Don’t forget, we have not 1 but 2 corporate interest parties.
Very true, but they do serve different purposes.
The Ratchet Effect
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They want to eliminate competition. The core principle of capitalism is competition. Without competition usa is no longer a capitalist country. it is now a monarchy like 17th century england, where a business had to buy a royal charter to be able to operate. Royal Charters granted a monopoly. Welcome to the usa. A country of monopolies.
No, just like it did in Nazi Germany, capitalism has produced fascism when threatened. The threat isn’t even all that different than it was then, instead of just unions you have the addition of a new industry trying to disrupt ancient oil bloodlines. Capitalism will always produce fascism once power is concentrated enough in the hands of the owning class. It served its purpose and now it has become a burden on humanity.
Same thing goes for conservatives claiming they’re ‘good economic managers’, when they most assuredly are not.
- Angryhumanoid@fedinsfw.appEnglish1 month
Money. “Small government” was code for “tax corporations less”. Everything the current RNC does is code for “Transfer as much money as possible from the government and poor people to rich people”.
It was never about small government. It was about exploitation and conteol.
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It was ALWAYS just virtue-signalling. All of it. They were never the party of small government, they just like to say they are and they even had you fooled.
- ParlimentOfDoom@piefed.zipEnglish1 month
It was a lie. They’re for whatever they’re currently in control of.
- TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
The Republican party was never about smaller government.
You are a fool if you believe that.
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Of course they are for a smaller government, just not in the way you think.
Smaller role in regulations and taxing. Reduced federal government size. Elimination of welfare.
Bigger role in defense and social control. These are excluded in the mind of Republicans so they don’t count.
Yup.
Every time in my life I’ve seen conservatives gain power, they’ve attempted to assert more control over others.
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That was always a lie, just like the rest of their platform. You’re just becoming aware of the reality, now.
It was always ‘small government for thee, big government for me’. There was never a moment when the republican party was unified in being small government for everyone. It was always ‘small government’ when regulation was bad for them, or they were in favor of government intervention when they needed a bail-out or some regulations passed to help them capture upstart market
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When Republicans didn’t have the majority they believed in “small govt state rights” so they could do whatever they want in their red bubbles. Now that they hold all the cards, their pro government so they can force their ways in blue bubbles. Not the best way of articulating my point but that’s my thoughts on when they switched. Next time we have a blue majority, they will be pro small govt and anti fed again. Always been this way pretty much on both sides of the aisle.
- Passerby6497@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
The Republican Party used to be very big on smaller government
Really? When? Because all I ever heard was empty rhetoric when they weren’t in power.
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They never were, you just fell for their propaganda.
Republicans have done nothing but cyclically crash the economy for my entire life.
- TubularTittyFrog@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
let’s not be too negative. they have also made themselves and their donors orders of magnitude wealthier by doing so.
- Taleya@aussie.zoneEnglish1 month
They used to claim they were very big on smaller government. This is what is commonly known as a lie.
- AbouBenAdhem@lemmy.worldEnglish1 month
“Small government” only ever meant corporate deregulation—in all other respects they were already above the law.
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Because it was all bullshit.
Republicans only want small government when the government is stopping white collar crime.
Republicans are only fiscally conservative when they are not in the white-house.
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They have always been fascists, authoritarians. Nothing they say or have ever said is to be taken as in good faith. They’ve always changed “the rules” to suit their policies, and the democrats pretend that they have to play by “the rules” no matter if they’ve been engineered to castrate them. Government is theatre intended to distract us from realizing that we are all in this together. Everything is a distraction. Celebrity idolatry, television and movies, sports, it’s all designed to keep our minds busy and occupied so that we don’t recognize that the systems of control of our society can be changed.
