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Id tell them about the Great Switch but they can't read.

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[–] buzz86us@lemmy.world 34 points 1 month ago (2 children)

Yeah if we had another Teddy Roosevelt then I'd be a Republican. How does a political party go from trust busting, and environmental conservation to the oil funded corporate shit show it is now?

[–] Burn_The_Right@lemmy.world 49 points 1 month ago (1 children)

The parties swapped political orientations in the 1930's-60's. Before the 30's, the progressives were called Republicans and the conservatives were called Democrats.

So, under Teddy, the Republican Party was the progressive party. No gymnastics needed.

[–] MinorLaceration@lemmy.world 14 points 1 month ago

A channel called Knowing Better has a pretty good video on this. Don't yell at me for the youtube link.

https://youtu.be/MwuFIJlY7fU?si=_PDUoWuk54eVzAme

https://nebula.tv/videos/knowing-better-political-ships-of-theseus-the-party-switch/