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[–] FuckYouReddit- ago 

OK, first off, I gotta argue some of your points, because you're using wikipedia, and it's become a den of lies. Just consider the different interpretations of Black Power and White Power. That's as biased as you can get.

Sometime between the 1860s and 1936, the (Democratic) party of small government became the party of big government, and the (Republican) party of big government became rhetorically committed to curbing federal power.

Good. Not sure how the republican party can SUDDENLY become the party of big power sometime between the 1860's and 1936 when the RNC was only formed in 1854. So they were one way for as little as 6 years before suddenly shifting.....or possibly 80 years later? Seems pretty weak to me.

Meanwhile, as the Republican party “conserved” toward Gilded Age politics in the 20th century, and embraced socially conservative single-issue voter groups and individualism, it attracted the “solid south” (their leadership and voter base) and alienated progressive

So why is it that it wasn't until 1992 that the RNC had more seats in the south than the Dems?

During the 1860s, Republicans, who dominated northern states, orchestrated an ambitious expansion of federal power, helping to fund the transcontinental railroad, the state university system and the settlement of the West by homesteaders, and instating a national currency and protective tariff.

Well settling the west and the transcontinental railroad seems like good things, don't you agree? While we can argue over the state university system (I prefer a private system myself), why are those continental expansionist policies a bad thing?

But the biggest thing I see is this:

After the Civil War, Republicans passed laws that granted protections for African Americans and advanced social justice; Democrats, largely in the south, opposed these expansions.

That is the conservative stance that they've always believed in and something I've always supported. Individual freedoms. Something the Dems opposed all along the way.

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[–] LinoleumFulcrum ago 

You're right.