The problem is not the replacement of strategic thinking with ideological slogans.
The problem is that the people who're supposed to be doing the strategic thinking seem to be irrationally intellectually wedded to the ideological slogans till death do them part. They've forgotten - if they ever knew - that ideological slogans are merely tools by which one persuades the voters to cooperate with the strategic thinking outputs, i.e. policies.
The problem is not the replacement of strategic thinking with ideological slogans.
The problem is that the people who're supposed to be doing the strategic thinking seem to be irrationally intellectually wedded to the ideological slogans till death do them part. They've forgotten - if they ever knew - that ideological slogans are merely tools by which one persuades the voters to cooperate with the strategic thinking outputs, i.e. policies.