1. All the major problems of American politics are the fault of intellectuals.
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4. But they intellectuals came along on the right & left who wanted to make the parties more ideological coherent.
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5. With the rise of movement conservatism, liberal Republicans purged from GOP, just as New politics purged conservatives from Dems.
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@HeerJeet I'm genuinely at a loss: What was the unifying principle for parties before ideology? -
@paulpakler Region, ethnicity.
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@HeerJeet i don't even understand what parties used to be before ideology...how did you choose whose side to be on? -
@mumblerant Organized along lines of region, race & religion - Show replies
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