Funny you should say that, because that's what happened to a libertarian town.
They'll still blame the radical left every time something bad happens.
During the same period the house had an overwhelming D majority.
Some would consider conservatism to be a lot more radical now. The Trump era was quite a bit different from the Reagan era.Why wouldn't it just look like America from earlier in the 20th century instead of something crazy like Handmaid's tale? The average adult back then would probably be considered far-right if you plopped them into our time.
Ronald Reagan couldn't get elected to a Republican School Board today.Some would consider conservatism to be a lot more radical now. The Trump era was quite a bit different from the Reagan era.
And the Catholics. And then Protestant and Evangelical beef.Without any non-white people they would find ways to make different types of white people non-white. That's the thing about whiteness, its always defined in relation to exclusion. "Mediterranean" people might be the first to get considered sub-white again
Conservatism is much more reactionary now than ever. The goal is to run in the complete opposite direction of anything proposed by liberals and progressives. Republicans will vote against their own policies if they get widespread support from Democrats. A modern Republican state / country would be built on the complete and total rejection of progressive policy and culture.Why wouldn't it just look like America from earlier in the 20th century instead of something crazy like Handmaid's tale? The average adult back then would probably be considered far-right if you plopped them into our time.
Why wouldn't it just look like America from earlier in the 20th century instead of something crazy like Handmaid's tale? The average adult back then would probably be considered far-right if you plopped them into our time.
Very well put.Realistically? I'd imagine restricted rights for women in terms of abortion, marriage, and domestic abuse/rape, a prominence of Christian-Judeo values in law, with a harsher attitude towards "bad" religions like Islam; this would be found in government and public schools mostly. Public schools would be underfunded in poor areas, minimum wage would be incredibly low if not nonexistent, social programs would be stripped down to their bones. I wouldn't imagine many POCs would feel comfortable living there, though I doubt those living there would have any representation in the government. A lot of pointless military spending at the cost of axing said social program, similar to what Boris Johnson is doing in the UK at the moment. Horrible neglecting of climate. And so on.
Would be interesting to see how the parties would form there, I assume there would be a party of Trump which would be borderline monarchical at this point due to his cult of personality, but their grip may not hold since there aren't as many opportunities to be a demagogue in a mostly homogenous population in terms of race and religion, so maybe the Jews would get some flack for being Jewish and pushed into the opposition party as well as any POCs willing to live there. There would be a lot more unfiltered populism and a tolerance for conspiracy theory as it is politically advantageous. To be fair, a lot of what the Framers warned our country of is exhibited by people like Trump, so if he is able to hold power then I'd expect democracy to slowly erode overtime unless they can get their shit together.
But yeah, I could see it slip into fascist rule easily. Getting flashbacks to the Weimar Republic from the whole situation with a party of Trump having that much control.
Nature would be gone, everybody walking around with guns, basically just men because no women would want to be there
Why wouldn't it just look like America from earlier in the 20th century instead of something crazy like Handmaid's tale? The average adult back then would probably be considered far-right if you plopped them into our time.