With the Al Gore cover story in the new issue of Wired, the other shoe has dropped.
Republicans used to be conservative in the sense of wanting small Federal government, not only in taxation but more notably in power. Republicans used to be for States' rights. Now the Republican agenda includes a heavy alliance with religious mores that intrude into individual choices.
Democrats used to be focused on administrative or regulatory solutions to many issues.
Moderates used to unite over the idea that it's better to concede some issues to business in order to create "economic opportunity," while generally wanting to avoid having to support the infrastructure, personally.
Has "Republican" changed to "neo-con," which seemed to be about global security but instead seems to be more about The Christian Mission? Has "Democrat" changed to "neo-Green," as Wired asserts, which integrates economic development with producing in harmony with the public good (a la Corporate Social Responsibility)?
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