She responded it was about “basically how the government was going to run."

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    Progress is a moving target. There are many views held by those that were progressive back then. That would be anathema to modern progressives. But their progressive view points tend to transcend the time they were born.

    Modern conservative bigots, aren’t really all that different from their counterparts from the past however. Party history doesn’t necessarily need to enter into it at all. Conservatives seek to conserve power for themselves. No more, no less. Exactly what that means to them may change superficially. But the core remains. Throughout all positive change in human history. Conservatives have been solidly against it. Conservative in America, conservatives in England, conservatives in Afghanistan, conservatives in just about anywhere else. Potato potato. The superficial trappings around it may differ slightly. But the core is always power for themselves and oppression of others to get it.

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          Honestly they’ve been a solidly right wing economic party since FDR. He was the last time since Biden oddly enough. That we invested heavily in domestic public infrastructure. And saying Biden even really approached FDR is a stretch. But it’s the closest we’ve come.