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I am a government middle manager; the work I do is meaningful and necessary, I am paid a fair wage, I have steadily advanced in my career, and while we can always find reasons to complain and things which need improvement, at the end of the day, The Office was a sitcom, not reality.
![The present-day Republican Party is primarily right-wing populist and neo-nationalist with smaller conservative, Christian right, and libertarian factions, all of which have greatly diminished in influence since 2016. Its ideology has since largely shifted towards illiberalism, favoring strong presidential power[38][39] and a statist government to enforce conservative cultural values. [40] This includes broad opposition to abortion, LGBT rights, immigration, and gun control. On economic policy, it supports mercantilism while opposing labor unions. During the 20th and early 21st centuries, it cooperated internationally with conservative parties. Since the 2020s it has aligned with global far-right parties, [41][421[43] and white nationalist beliefs have become influential within the party, [44 including support for remigration.](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:ekf57g6zunozoe3l72e56qhf/bafkreicle4xnfrm42myzhrbcno23xiwujyurldn5ewediyi7wiqcwv6axe)
