The Coup on Cape Fear - Part One: The Dark Scheme
Historical Blindness
The Party of the Rich
The republican party has always been the party of big business interests. Early on, they pushed for a national currency and protective tariffs. But later their big business supporters favored a less intrusive federal government. The re alignment according to racial justice issues can be most clearly observed in the politics of the 19 fifties and sixties when it was democrats who finally delivered significant civil rights legislation. When republicans achieved increased political influence in the south through their southern strategy, effectively becoming the new party of southern white supremacy. So to sum up in a simplistic way, republicans used to be socially progressive, but now democrats are. And democrats used to be the party of racism, but now republic
