Democrats had a strategy to support the most right wing extreme candidates in the Republican primary, so when they win and run in the general election, the vast majority would reject them and their crazy conservative conspiracies. And it worked. Neither Party is great, and I don't belong either, but I find the Democratic Party's policies and ideology are more in line with biblical principles. Conservatives, which have led both Parties, have for the most part been on the wrong side of our moral history. And they've gotten worse in the last 40 years. Racism/hate has again become a huge tool in the conservative Party. God is love, the opposite of hate, but sadly hate/racism isn't a deal breaker for many in the Republican Party that identify with being Christian. I believe Republicans use abortion as a wedge issue to get votes, without being consistent with characteristics of someone who is really pro-life. They support giving Israel billions of tax dollars each year, when the Israeli government funds and preforms thousands of abortions each year. They vote against policies that would help struggling pregnant mothers, poor families, food stamps programs, struggling students. When I see these people calling themselves pro-lifers and siding with people and policies of hate. I think of the bible verse 1John 4:20 If someone says, “I love God,” but hates a fellow believer, that person is a liar; for if we don’t love people we can see, how can we love God, whom we cannot see? I don't see Republicans or their policies being loving towards all people. I can't think of one policy Republicans had in the last 40 years that benefited the vast majority of citizens. Most of their policies disproportionately benefits corporations and the wealthy.
They don't have good policies, so they preach not to just disagree with the other side, but hate the other side. Demonize the left to be against whatever they're for. They appear to fear children learning our true history. The bible, which supports telling the true history from the beginning, also tells us the love of money is the root of all kinds of evil, and without love, none of the other commands matter. That's what we have here in America. From the beginning of our country's history we embraced greed and hate. Europeans used a racist decree called the "Doctrine of Discovery" to steal Indigenous land while committing genocide and enslaving Africans. We founded this country on ungodly principles. White Europeans kidnapped Africans to sell them. They created laws making them white with privilege, and people from the larger continent of Africa black with disadvantages. They enforced these laws with extreme violence and white society's acceptance. We practiced racist laws on the books till the late 1960s. Some Christians did the right thing, but for the most part Christians in a position to do something against ungodly practices have a horrible record of standing against hate and the love of money in our country. Kidnapping and buying and selling other humans is a sin worthy of death in the bible. It was practiced by most of our forefathers. We as Christians shouldn't try to hide or lie about our history. The truth is always a good thing to tell, and the truth is we created a goddess for America called Columbia. She personified what America was about, which largely was love of money and hate. Ever wonder why the Indians were always fighting the cowboys? because of genocide and Europeans discovering (stealing) their land. God wasn't behind us in any of our wars. In a true revolutionary war people at the bottom are brought up. But with our 1776 war, blacks at the bottom are pushed farther down for generations. Slavery played a huge part in the 1776 war, taxes would take away some funds, but ending slavery would take away everything in the South. Blacks have always pushed America to become a more perfect union.
Now back to the recent midterms, Republicans have a powerful weapon in the corporate media, which has NEVER been liberal/progressive, just conservative and corporate, there's no year where we had a progressive mainstream media. They hold Republicans to lower standards. Corporate owners know usually the candidate spending the most money wins 90% of the time. So the billionaire pour millions into horrible Republican campaigns to make these candidates with bad working class policies more competitive by using propaganda ads. MSNBC, CNN, FOX, ABC and CBS which are all corporate were predicting and hoping for a red wave. But women and generation Z save the day and probably our Democracy. Women because of choice concerning abortion and the Zoomers because they're woke to what's happening. Ages 18-25 see huge problems with people dying from global climate change, inequality, homophobia, transphobia, racism, only country with student debt, abortion rights, mass gun shooting. I believe they see the hypocrisy in many conservative Republican positions. Like using the bible to condemn same sex unions, but saying little about the millions who divorce and remarry, when the bible calls them adulterers. Or saying you're pro-life but don't have a problem with unnecessary wars like Iraq, not supporting programs that help the poor and needy. It seems like many Christians have abandoned their biblical principles for their political affiliations. Thank you generation Z, there will be more of them eligible for the 2024 election. God bless our country.
