Even if America doesn't fall into civil war or insurgency after 2028, I can't imagine how the modern GOP can possibly survive the next decade or so. They're gonna face a 1930-1932-1934-1936-like series of landslide defeats, and they've purged everyone that could help them survive being reduced to double-digit number of House seats. They're fucked even in the best case.
Not small c conservatives, but the are Conservatives, a movement exemplified by Ronald Reagan that is, in no way "conservative," but rather reactionary.
The Republican party’s actions are already prompting political action and fueling discontent, even among the Conservative Base. This will not stop them from attempting some version of a maximalist Conservative agenda, but it will assure their defeat. This is the end-state of the Sixth Party System, and Conservatism as we know it will not survive.
If you were alive in the spring of 1929, the idea of the Democrats dominating the next half century of Congressional politics, much less the New Dealers, you'd sound delusional.
Republicans today stand on far shakier ground than they did when Herbert Hoover was elected.
Even if America doesn't fall into civil war or insurgency after 2028, I can't imagine how the modern GOP can possibly survive the next decade or so. They're gonna face a 1930-1932-1934-1936-like series of landslide defeats, and they've purged everyone that could help them survive being reduced to double-digit number of House seats. They're fucked even in the best case.
The only problem with your observations are calling today's Republicans 'conservative'.
They aren't.
Not small c conservatives, but the are Conservatives, a movement exemplified by Ronald Reagan that is, in no way "conservative," but rather reactionary.
The Republican party’s actions are already prompting political action and fueling discontent, even among the Conservative Base. This will not stop them from attempting some version of a maximalist Conservative agenda, but it will assure their defeat. This is the end-state of the Sixth Party System, and Conservatism as we know it will not survive.
I wish I could share your optimism.
If you were alive in the spring of 1929, the idea of the Democrats dominating the next half century of Congressional politics, much less the New Dealers, you'd sound delusional.
Republicans today stand on far shakier ground than they did when Herbert Hoover was elected.
The Democrats need to grow a spine first.
The Democrats have. Voters and young leaders are organizing and fighting wherever they can. The octogenarian leadership is what remains spineless.