Why the change, Republicans?

In the 1950s, the Republican platform focused on social security, medical care, and building our country's infrastructure. Now if you bring up those topics to a Republican, you're some kind of commie pinko. (Does anyone actually say pinko anymore?) Why the change of heart, guys?

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DunningKruger · 61-69, M

The lunatic fringe of the Republican Party took over starting in the '60s, and eventually conservative evangelism merged with Reaganism, and a bunch of frat boys read a lot of Ayn Rand and said, "Yeah — that's the way things should be."