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:Machine politics also demonstrates another change in political ideology definitions: countless Northeastern "reactionaries" were once aligned with or sympathetic to liberal reform in Reconstruction and the early Gilded Age. The [[Liberal Republican Party]], to the left of the regular Grantist GOP element, were adamant supporters of ''laissez-faires'' and anti-Communist. [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.]], the poster child of archreactionary Republican politics in the [[Progressive Era]], held sympathies with liberal reformers in the 1880s!

:Machine politics also demonstrates another change in political ideology definitions: countless Northeastern "reactionaries" were once aligned with or sympathetic to liberal reform in Reconstruction and the early Gilded Age. The [[Liberal Republican Party]], to the left of the regular Grantist GOP element, were adamant supporters of ''laissez-faires'' and anti-Communist. [[Henry Cabot Lodge, Sr.]], the poster child of archreactionary Republican politics in the [[Progressive Era]], held sympathies with liberal reformers in the 1880s!

:And the shift from the Progressive Era to the New Deal exemplifies the "old leftists become new rightists" perception further. Key Progressives such as [[Hiram Johnson]], [[Burton K. Wheeler]], and arguably even Clare Hoffman were once solid on the left, and yet at some point in the 1930s "moved rightward." Of course, what really happened was that the context changed: FDR attempted to circumvent constitutional separation of powers with his infamous [[court packing]] scheme, which was too much for Progressives to swallow: they were willing to support most [[New Deal]] initiatives, but the idea of packing the court to achieve liberal accomplishments was unacceptable.

:And the shift from the Progressive Era to the New Deal exemplifies the "old leftists become new rightists" perception further. Key Progressives such as [[Hiram Johnson]], [[Burton K. Wheeler]], and arguably even Clare Hoffman were once solid on the left, and yet at some point in the 1930s "moved rightward." Of course, what really happened was that the context changed: FDR attempted to circumvent constitutional separation of powers with his infamous [[court packing]] scheme, which was too much for Progressives to swallow: they were willing to support most [[New Deal]] initiatives, but the idea of packing the court to achieve liberal accomplishments was unacceptable.

:The real shift in left–right ideology materialized in the [[World War II]] years. Price controls, stemming from a centralized bloated bureaucracy, was opposed by an alliance of conservatives and old-school Progressives, and because the issues were no longer primarily over tariff rates, public vs. private rural electrification, and tax rates on the rich, the Progressives increasingly aligned with conservatives in opposition to the "new liberalism" of FDR and Truman. The [[States' Rights Democratic Party]] ([[Dixiecrat]]s) was anti–Fair Deal, but many were once solidly pro–New Deal. In fact, a ''college student'' at one point [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dixiecrat_Revolt_and_the_End_of_the/_Y0MCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrats+tva&pg=PA145&printsec=frontcover brutally mocked] Dixiecrat supporters for claiming to support [[states' rights]] despite never opposing New Deal liberalism.

:The real shift in left–right ideology materialized in the [[World War II]] years. Price controls, stemming from a centralized bloated bureaucracy, was opposed by an alliance of conservatives and old-school Progressives, and because the issues were no longer primarily over tariff rates, public vs. private rural electrification, and tax rates on the rich, the Progressives increasingly aligned with conservatives in opposition to the "new liberalism" of FDR and Truman. The [[States' Rights Democratic Party]] ([[Dixiecrat]]s) was anti–Fair Deal, but many were once solidly pro–New Deal. In fact, a ''college student'' at one point [https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Dixiecrat_Revolt_and_the_End_of_the/_Y0MCgAAQBAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=dixiecrats+tva&pg=PA145&printsec=frontcover brutally mocked] Dixiecrat supporters for claiming to support [[states' rights]] despite never opposing New Deal liberalism. This basically should put to bed the [[J. Lister Hill]]/Kevin Kruse narrative that Dixiecrats were part of an economically conservative conspiracy.

:And this is just a condensed summary. :) —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{Rev. 22:13}]]''''' Thursday, 20:36, October 25, 2023 (EDT)

:And this is just a condensed summary. :) —[[User:LT|<code><span style="background:#FF8181">'''LT'''</span></code>]] '''''[[User talk:LT|^{Rev. 22:13}]]''''' Thursday, 20:36, October 25, 2023 (EDT)