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The true history of the Democratic Party as told through AI.
>> What up, America? It's Andrew Jackson, that guy you roll up to hit some powder. I founded the Democrat party and chose the jackass as our mascot. Now, as you can probably tell, times have changed a bit from the party back in my day. And present-day Democrats will come to hate me, but that's your problem.
Jackson started the Democrat party to appeal to the common man. Democrats today sometimes give him credit for that, but only after calling him an evil white bigot. Needless to say, the party started off pretty sketchy by today's standards. We were by far the pro-slavery party all the way through the Civil War. After the war, we cleaned up our act and supported the North's reconstruction efforts. Totally kidding. We doubled down on racism and became the party of the clan. But seriously, we didn't have much of a platform after the war except Jim Crow. But that was until our boy came in hot on his rollerblades. Then came the depression. People lost trust in markets. So I wheeled in to drastically expand communism across the country. and Democrats been hooked ever since.
>> Up until this point, blacks had always voted Republican as they were the party that freed the slaves. But after FDR's New Deal, blacks swung 75% Democrat. This was a complete realignment, not because of civil rights, but because of economics. All while the Democrats were still the party of the clan and their stronghold was the South. We pushed segregation throughout the South and filibustered the 1964 Civil Rights Act for 75 days. It wasn't until Republicans stepped up and found even more votes to pass the bill. So ask yourself, how are Democrats seen as the party of the civil rights? Well, it's because
>> Democrats are very persuasive. But again, it ultimately boils down to economic incentives. Once Democrats realize the power of government spending and handouts, you can appeal to any voter group and lock them in.
>> One, two, three.
>> Gays for Palestine.
>> Good luck with that.
>> So anyway, to sum it all up, my party has changed a ton, but it's not because of the mythical party switch. Democrats controlled the South all the way through the 1990s, but they did adopt new policies like massive social spending and welfare programs that allowed them to appeal to more diverse voting groups.
>> Got them, ladies and gentlemen. Find the line. I love these AI explainers.