Current Events > What incentive do republicans have to not be jerks?

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They are doing what their base wants. They want them to be bigoted sexist monsters and they are just that. Their base wants them to withhold aid from blue areas and they do that. They would pick the whole country having a hard time then helping a few people and that is what their Republicans in power give them. However Democrats are always willing to work with them no matter what. They are willing to save their communities when their policies fuck them up. And these same people who Dems worked with, and saved. Go right back to voting for Republicans and attacking Dems. Like for example when the bridge fell. The first thing that many Republicans did was throw out racial attacks. And their base ate it up.

There's got to be a name in game theory that describes the problem of how right wing voters are stronger than left wing voters becase right wing voters are tribalistic whereas left wing voters are likely to be internally critical.

For example, Joe Biden has a real problem with his policy on Israel which has all the capacity to help him lose the election. Also his age, his speech gaffes, etc. Lots of left wing voters are hesitant for these reasons, many consider the first problem to be a deal breaker altogether.

Not a problem for the right though. Trump is all of those things and many more, but his voters stick by him.

Corbyn vs Johnson and the anti-semitism row (UK politics) is another one that comes to mind. I got so sick to death of hearing about anti-semitism in the labour party while boris johnson continued to be the most racist prick in parliament without consequence.

The short version is that Conservativism at it's core is a selfish ideology and Trump got as far as he has by indulging the selfish and disgusting creatures that tend to vote down right party lines because they hate minorities.

As long as being a dick is in the fine print, Republicans have no reason to change.

And rule you like a king.

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=fXU2vZTTeMU

Sideshow Bob : Because you need me, Springfield. Your guilty conscience may move you to vote Democratic, but deep down you long for a cold-hearted Republican to lower taxes, brutalize criminals, and rule you like a king. That's why I did this, to save you from yourselves. Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a city to run.

None. Goppers are by their very nature, assholes, jerkoffs, and terrorists. We'd be better off without them.

None.

They can't win without the swingers tho.

pinky0926 posted...

There's got to be a name in game theory that describes the problem of how right wing voters are stronger than left wing voters becase right wing voters are tribalistic whereas left wing voters are likely to be internally critical.

Probably could best be summed up as "herd mentality". They like to call liberals and Democrats "sheep", but when election season comes up they always vote for whoever has an (R) next to their name out of pure instinct without even considering how their policies will actually impact their lives.

Eventually they are going to have to bite the bullet and go Libertarian light in order to survive. Slug Virus isn't going to last forever and I don't see anyone as skilled as he is at self promotion filling the power vacuum that is going to happen once Trump passes.

ForsakenHermit posted...

Eventually they are going to have to bite the bullet and go Libertarian light in order to survive. Slug Virus isn't going to last forever and I don't see anyone as skilled as he is at self promotion filling the power vacuum that is going to happen once Trump passes.

Let's just hope he gets sent to jail. So this nightmare can be over .

cjsdowg posted...

Let's just hope he gets sent to jail. So this nightmare can be over .

You think all this will end when he's in jail? That's cute. If anything it will embolden his cult even further and make him an actual martyr in their eyes.

TMOG posted...

You think all this will end when he's in jail? That's cute. If anything it will embolden his cult even further and make him an actual martyr in their eyes.

Yeah but we're at this point where he is a deified figure. When he dies, he will be a martyr. Doesn't matter if it's by natural causes, because he was struck by a meteor, have an aneurysm, whatever.

Fact is when he dies, his supporters will make it a conspiracy no matter what.

Conversely, this is why I have zero incentive to be nice to republicans.