What's the real difference between Republicans and Democrats?

Forget about the particular platforms of the parties, those change with the changing demands of history.

Look at it this way: Being a Republican is for (mostly) sane people who want to survive and thrive. Being a Democrat is for people who want to self destruct, and subvert everything else in general and those ignorant enough to be deceived by propaganda.

Republicans are bad at organizing politically because they trust people to make the right decisions by themselves. The Democrats organize because they don't trust people to make the right decisions and think people need to be deceived into making the "right" choice. Have you ever heard of a Republican "community organizer"?

That should clear up a lot of confusion.