The rap has always been pretty simple: Republicans were the party of big business and Democrats were all about the little guy. While this was never completely true, it was once a lot truer than it is now. The old assumptions don’t work anymore. As the Republicans have gone populist, bashing big companies is now at the top of their playbook. (This isn’t the first time, by the way. Teddy Roosevelt did it more than a century ago.)
The Business – Republican Cold War
The Business – Republican Cold War
The Business – Republican Cold War
The rap has always been pretty simple: Republicans were the party of big business and Democrats were all about the little guy. While this was never completely true, it was once a lot truer than it is now. The old assumptions don’t work anymore. As the Republicans have gone populist, bashing big companies is now at the top of their playbook. (This isn’t the first time, by the way. Teddy Roosevelt did it more than a century ago.)