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One of the biggest criticisms I've had people reply to me the past few days has been along the lines of the last part of this tweet. As someone frequently disappointed by the GOP, I completely understand that especially nowadays they don't always represent conservatism. 1/7
However, we don't live in an ideal world that a lot of the "leave the GOP" people seem determined to think we're in. The fact remains that we live in a country where there are only two viable parties, and only one of them is gonna get anywhere close to conservative interests. 2/7
I've seen a variety of solutions to the GOP trend towards populism, ranging from abstaining elections to straight up voting democrats in, with a far-fetched hope that it'll force the GOP to reform and change its ways to become a party that they'd want to vote for again. 3/7
I don't see this working for a few reasons but the main one is this: Giving the crazies the reins to a major party will do even further damage to it's structure and it's public image, and could create a one-party state for a bit cuz people view D's as the only legitimate ones 4/7
and will continue voting for them until the GOP fixes itself and EVENTUALLY starts to gain ground again, and God knows when that would be. That's why, for American conservatives/libertarians, the best option that we have is to reconcile two statements 5/7
1. The Republican party will never be perfect. It will probably always have some form of a populist streak and do things that we don't like
2. It still is, by leaps and bounds, better choice. This isn't even a lesser of two evils argument it's simply true 6/7
2. It still is, by leaps and bounds, better choice. This isn't even a lesser of two evils argument it's simply true 6/7
Therefore, it's not pragmatic to wallow in hopelessness about the future of the party or resigning yourself to waiting for it to fix itself. If you care about your values and want to see a conservative party in the United States get in there and do it yourself. 7/7
