Conservative policy is so focused on the minutia of social issues and constructing illogical policy that they forget the majority of Americans; but Republicans believe the same things about us Liberals. Celeste Cariker PZ ‘28 believes that the party lines widening into an ocean spells irreconcilable differences for the American democratic system. The solution? Non-ideological revolution, now!“ In our current predicament, I worry that we will never again hear soothing and unifying concessions being made between party lines, like we saw in the election of 1960 for example,” Cariker writes. “Out of all the things we definitely should have left in the 1900s, the humane underbelly of politics should not have gone out of fashion. We must re-value the act of compromise.“
Tag: Ideology
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