I don’t expect the Republican true believers to be swayed by this. But there is a huge chunk of the US population which doesn’t fall neatly into ideological buckets, and which can see why having a gestapo isn’t in their interest.
When they’re constantly told the other side is “cheating,” they will easily believe that it is necessary for them to cheat, too.
Even less-stupid conservatives think that allowing the left to be in charge leads to an inevitability of unadulterated socialism which, in their brain, looks like East Berlin
I don’t expect the Republican true believers to be swayed by this. But there is a huge chunk of the US population which doesn’t fall neatly into ideological buckets, and which can see why having a gestapo isn’t in their interest.
When they’re constantly told the other side is “cheating,” they will easily believe that it is necessary for them to cheat, too.
Even less-stupid conservatives think that allowing the left to be in charge leads to an inevitability of unadulterated socialism which, in their brain, looks like East Berlin