| KiigelHeart said: https://www.wsj.com/articles/republican-opposition-to-helping-ukraine-grows-wsj-poll-finds-11667467802 Another article and I find this worrying. Today 48% of republicans think US is doing too much to help Ukraine. The fuck is this 'new breed' of republicans? Hard to imagine this would've been the case 10-20 years ago. It's not a communist Soviet Union spreading their infuence but a facists regime so it's alright to them? I don't get this argument that war in Ukraine is just a local conflict in Eastern Europe and it's no business of US. A very short-sighted view of populism I'd say. US doesn't exist in a vaccuum. If Russia was to win it would have consequences for US too, their position as the greatest superpower would eventually start shaking. I mean, US didn't join WW2 just for the fun of it. And think about how much money US has spent on their military since Cold War? Most of it because of Russia. Now there's a chance to weaken/beat them with a minimal cost, without even sending own troops to die. Also compared to money US poured in Afganistan, aid to Ukraine is peanuts. Unlike Afganistan, war in Ukraine has a high chance to be succesful. Ok rant over. |
Well if Republicans continue to support trash candidates with trash views, at least that means they have a lower chance of winning unlike the dominance displayed in the 80s and 2000s.
Back in those days the Republican candidates appealed to a diverse group of people, and managed to win many elections. Trump was the first Republican president to fail to win re-election for the Republican party after a first term. Just goes to show that appealing to one type of person will not win you elections.
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