Part of me wonders; was this their plan all along? Everyone knows that people are having fewer kids and there’s a real problem that the old will outnumber the young and we won’t be able to support the elderly population. So, is the GOP’s plan to just force people to have kids against their will as a way to mitigate that?
Don’t give them so much credit. The GOP just see what the populus is riled up about, and promise them that to win votes. Sometimes they will join in generating misinformation, soweing division, pushing controversial narratives, etc but it is always for the sake of winning more votes in the short-term. They don’t think ahead, they are very simple.
Political history, especially in the house of representatives, paints a vivid picture of long term Republican thinking. Their ability to canvas and take over local government as well as mobilize their voting based is absolutely unrivaled by any other political party in the US. Think tanks from the right have been publishing political playbooks for decades which outline their thinking and planning on both short and long term issues and this shouldn’t be dismissed as not thinking ahead.
If you’re talking about politicians then I’d agree with you. If you’re talking about their wealthy donors like the Koche Brothers, Heritage Foundation, etc, they absolutely do. I would not say it’s the above person’s guess about forcing more births due to lowering birth rates, but they definitely have societal goals in mind
Part of me wonders; was this their plan all along? Everyone knows that people are having fewer kids and there’s a real problem that the old will outnumber the young and we won’t be able to support the elderly population. So, is the GOP’s plan to just force people to have kids against their will as a way to mitigate that?
Don’t give them so much credit. The GOP just see what the populus is riled up about, and promise them that to win votes. Sometimes they will join in generating misinformation, soweing division, pushing controversial narratives, etc but it is always for the sake of winning more votes in the short-term. They don’t think ahead, they are very simple.
…and acquiring more power and control
Political history, especially in the house of representatives, paints a vivid picture of long term Republican thinking. Their ability to canvas and take over local government as well as mobilize their voting based is absolutely unrivaled by any other political party in the US. Think tanks from the right have been publishing political playbooks for decades which outline their thinking and planning on both short and long term issues and this shouldn’t be dismissed as not thinking ahead.
I don’t believe conservative leaders have plans on the society. They’re just morons taking turns to enrich themselves.
It’s dangerous to underestimate them. Republican voters are almost universally uninformed at best and absolutely debilitatingly stupid at worst.
Republican politicians-especially their “leadership”-know what they’re doing, know the impact, and don’t care.
If you’re talking about politicians then I’d agree with you. If you’re talking about their wealthy donors like the Koche Brothers, Heritage Foundation, etc, they absolutely do. I would not say it’s the above person’s guess about forcing more births due to lowering birth rates, but they definitely have societal goals in mind