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How did it get this way? Who is pulling the strings? Have the Republicans always been this suicidal a party or did they just use to be constitution abiding conservatives?
They've always been that way.
What do conservatives ACTUALLY conserve? It's not the environment. It's not law and order. It's social stratification. Conservatives WANT a powerful ruling class. That's what they want to conserve. They are, and have ALWAYS been, enemies of democracy. They believe "strong men" (read: assholes) are good, and want systems that can empower rulers, not representatives.
Conservatives have ALWAYS been enemies of equity.
They seek to conserve the "Fuck you, hooray for me" aristocratic status quo, obvs.
The short version is the Republican party is now ran by Trump who is, frankly, an idiot. Trump single-handedly killed the bipartisan Ukraine/Border deal because it would make Biden look good. Biden relented and gave Republicans a win-win deal, and Trump was too blinded by Biden getting positive press to allow the deal that would get Republicans good press and something they have been pushing for for decades.
if you want to know read up on James W. Fifield Jr and National Association of Manufacturers that's where it started.