I am in no way, shape or form defending Trump? The man should be rotting away in a Federal prison not serving a second Presidential term, but thatโs really outside the scope of what we are trying to discuss here at this very moment.
As the Republican Party began to hyper-radicalise during the Obama era, there was a marked shift in corporate spend from the GOP towards the Dems. Thatโs not to say that no such money is going towards the GOP at all, but they have more-and-more begun to rely on dark money via SuperPACs. That means that their stances will continue to skew towards the extreme, further alienating corporate donors towards the Dems.
So clearly, while they arenโt doing it for noble reasons (as itโs likely a billionaire donorโs pet cause - my bet would be either Thiel or Murdoch), they are proceeding with anti-trust cases against Big Tech. It is almost like the horseshoe theory of politics, in this case.
It beggars the question, if you truly believe that republicans are irredeemable - and absolutely nothing they could ever do would be worthy of support - what is going to be the ultimate outcome? Thinking more broadly, we Progressives are generally known for in-fighting over ideological purity - there ends up being โNo True Scotsmanโ.
The reason why the far-right has been able to succeed over the past three decades in particular has been their willingness to make โallies of convenienceโ with those that they donโt necessarily agree with on every topic.
Wall Street didnโt care about repealing Roe v. Wade, but they were more than happy to go along with is as long as the Religious Right delivered tax cuts. Quid Pro Quo. โฆ
Itโs getting very late here in Aus (1AM) and I have work tomorrow; but I want to pick this up again tomorrow as I still need to circle back around.