By Charles Eldridge Marshall
Political thought has always been categorized as Right VS Left, Democratic VS Republican, Liberal VS Conservative, and at the extreme Nazi VS Communism. But it's more difficult to clarify political thought as one or the other today. I think Ruling Class VS Individualists suits the situation better, and each party has traded places as the "ruling class" party over the 250 years of the USA's history. For a long time, the Republicans were more the "ruling class" party as they were tight with corporations and most wealthier and influential citizens tended agree with their way of seeing government. They were also much more likely to support the institutions of the federal government such as the FBI or the CIA. Today, that has been turned on its head as Corporate America has sided with the Democratic party in the majority of situations, especially with most of their social ideals such as Abortion and "Black Lives Matter", and the institutions are more supported by the Democrats who understand now their ability to help them rule and control the individual. I theorize also, that the larger corporations have found their lobbyists are far more effective at directing Congress towards legislations that suits them when the Democrats are running the show - so the government is "on sale" so to speak to the highest bidder. This has always been true, with either Republican or Democratic leadership, however the Democrats seem to have an easier time choking down their own hypocrisy than the Republicans. "In the interest of the American people" is much more likely to mean "the American lobbyists" under their breath. After all, "the ends justifies the means" is certainly at the core of their actions today. The other reasons for this are varied and more complex than one blog could possibly explore. I do think this idea- "ruling class VS the individual" is an important one because it does help to understand and clarify what's going on. You can't fix something if the wrong terms are being used. Today, individualists would be more logically supportive of the Republican party and statists would be more supportive of the Democratic party.
