Part of the reason we've drifted so far to the right as a nation is that Republicans always try to remain ideologically pure, and Democrats always compromise to try to make nice. This lets Republicans effectively run things even when they're not in the majority, and makes the Democrats look weak when they should be strong.
Our ideology will never prevail if we continually try to "out nice" the other party. Politics doesn't work that way.
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Part of the reason we've drifted so far to the right as a nation is that Republicans always try to remain ideologically pure, and Democrats always compromise to try to make nice. This lets Republicans effectively run things even when they're not in the majority, and makes the Democrats look weak when they should be strong.
Our ideology will never prevail if we continually try to "out nice" the other party. Politics doesn't work that way.