It is the disillusioned insiders who often are the most prescient critics of any group, to wit:
“It should have been evident to clear-eyed observers that the Republican Party is becoming less and less like a traditional political party in a representative democracy and becoming more like an apocalyptic cult, or one of the intensely ideological authoritarian parties of 20th century Europe. This trend has several implications, none of them pleasant.”
via Goodbye to All That: Reflections of a GOP Operative Who Left the Cult | Truthout.
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