I’ve been asked a few times recently, so let me say this simply: Republicans move immigration policy to the right, then Democrats normalize/systemitize those changes, laying the groundwork for Republicans to move the needle further to the right.

[austinkocher@mastodon.social]

I’ve been asked a few times recently, so let me say this simply: Republicans move immigration policy to the right, then Democrats normalize/systemitize those changes, laying the groundwork for Republicans to move the needle further to the right. There is no leftward movement.

[atax1a@infosec.exchange]

@austinkocher we once heard this phrased as "ratchet-and-pawl theory of american politics" and it never left our head.

[paul_ipv6@infosec.exchange]

@atax1a @austinkocher

and the old screw rule "righty tighty lefty loosey" morphs accurately "righty tighty, lefty loses"...

[phaedral@mastodon.social]

@atax1a @austinkocher #bothsidesism

[atax1a@infosec.exchange]

@phaedral #blocked

[catch56@kolektiva.social]

@atax1a @austinkocher that article was great except for the conclusion which was to fix things with even more electoralism (the greens iirc).

[atax1a@infosec.exchange]

@catch56 we didnt really internalize the analogy from reading an article, it came up in a conversation and we found the image later on