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For example, they both want to dismantle social security, move away from anything resembling universal health care, shut down immigration from non-white countries, cut taxes, and jack up military spending.

Wait a minute....

Wow,

Not true, it looks so from where you're sitting. But politics change a lot over time.

It's slow moving and in a two party system, you are unlikely to see big differences between either side.

That said, the world would have looked differently had Hilary won in 2016.

Or Gore in 2001

2000

Syria would have looked different, that's for sure.

(i.e., more like Libya looks now)

This tired and ignorant take is so frustrating to continue to see, especially after the Trump win.