• Blue_Morpho@lemmy.world
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    6 hours ago

    You are directing the conversation to anything other than the argument that the ratchet meme is a lie.

    You picked Nixon earlier. If it was non stop right wing movement from 1974 with Democrats doing nothing we’d be back at segregation and rivers on fire.

    American voters put the right wing in power in all branches of the government. They are the ones turning back the progress that Democrats achieved. The knob is going back and forth. It’s not a ratchet.

    • pjwestin@lemmy.world
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      6 hours ago

      I have given you multiple examples of the Ratchet Effect in American politics, but you lack the basic background to engage with them properly. You should start by looking into the Crime Bills of 1984 and 1994. Good luck.