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Originally Posted by Lanny_McDonald
That proves the study is flawed. You can't judge the political bias of a group by what they say, you base it on their actions and outcomes they generate. The whole strategy by many white nationalist groups is frame their position in non-extremist rhetoric so it sounds reasonable on the surface, but their actions are still racist and violent against non-whites. So based on the methods of this study we should believe that these groups have shifted further to the left rather than judging them on their actions and outcomes and finding they have maintained their position on the extreme right? Measuring platforms is ridiculous because politics is outcome focused.
If you want to see the impact of platforms all you need to study are these two sites.
https://www.congress.gov/search?q=%7...islation%22%7D
https://www.govtrack.us/congress/bills/browse
These will tell you everything you need to know about congress and efficacy of their platforms. Democrats present a lot of ideas, but the Republicans are excellent at killing them off before they have a chance to take root. The purity of the Republican voting block makes the Democrats enacting anything that counter the extremism on the right impossible, and then makes the continued shift to the right the norm. |
Nothing gets passed by either side in the US anymore. The US federal government is in a constant state of stasis because of the filibuster. The only thing either side can pass is through reconciliation. Its not a Democrat vs Republican thing. Its just the Republicans don't particularly have any big legislative asks right now so they don't care as much.