Pacifism is also all too readily fostering of mutual moderation, cooperation, and general peaceableness. Those with power in both parties need a stalwart, combative partisanship to keep their positions relatively safe and secure. No one wants a primary challenge or other internal dissent, when they know that few external criticisms will matter when no one from the other party would ever consider voting for them regardless.
We tried the pacifist approach. It isn't going to work when the democrats clearly will only fuck us harder.
Pacifism is also all too readily fostering of mutual moderation, cooperation, and general peaceableness. Those with power in both parties need a stalwart, combative partisanship to keep their positions relatively safe and secure. No one wants a primary challenge or other internal dissent, when they know that few external criticisms will matter when no one from the other party would ever consider voting for them regardless.