The democrats got past slavery when republicans realized they could win electorally by becoming the party of racism and white nationalism, taking a sizable chunk of democratic voters in the process. I don't think the republicans will be able to dump the "big steal" and "replacement theory" supporters on democrats. First off, the democrats don't want any part of that, and second off, if the republicans dump half their voters they'll never win anything again.
I never bought the cherished myth of noble Democrats and bigoted Republicans back in the seventies as the reason for them taking racial politics in a different direction. They were losing a lot of working class voters in an inflationary period much like today. The old political machines they used to depend on were crumbling, and the introduction of primary elections in many places created the need to appeal to the “base”. And they saw an opportunity to tap into a large and lucrative reservoir of liberal guilt.
Stupid as it is, “great replacement” idea has it’s roots in the equally silly “emerging Democratic majority” piffle of years past. That the demographic trend was toward people they believed would have an irresistible genetic predisposition to vote for them.
I think it’s almost always a mistake to frame politics as moral allegory.
"Things should be made as simple as possible, but not one bit simpler." ~ Albert Einstein
We may find out next election…. hopefully.
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