There are other ways the parties have flipped in my view, but let's stick here for a moment.
What the Democrats are doing at the moment is pretty textbook conservative, preserving the institutions, customs, and values that exist today. And there's nothing wrong with that, best I can tell that's just how it goes when parties flip - you're in charge for long enough to make major change and when you lose power you cling on to holding your ground.
Republicans are doing more than just undoing some of the progress made by Democrats. They are doing some of that for sure, but they're also trying to define some new path that they think will be better by whatever metrics they care about.
Now for another example of the flip, Democrats leaned to state's rights as soon as the election was over. Republican states already seem happy to welcome federal intervention, for example with federal enforcement and military on the southern border.
What the Democrats are doing at the moment is pretty textbook conservative, preserving the institutions, customs, and values that exist today. And there's nothing wrong with that, best I can tell that's just how it goes when parties flip - you're in charge for long enough to make major change and when you lose power you cling on to holding your ground.
Republicans are doing more than just undoing some of the progress made by Democrats. They are doing some of that for sure, but they're also trying to define some new path that they think will be better by whatever metrics they care about.
Now for another example of the flip, Democrats leaned to state's rights as soon as the election was over. Republican states already seem happy to welcome federal intervention, for example with federal enforcement and military on the southern border.