Culture Wars Era - is it moving into its final phase?

[sbarrera]

(01-26-2017, 09:00 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote:

(01-26-2017, 06:26 PM)sbarrera Wrote:

(01-26-2017, 03:44 PM)X_4AD_84 Wrote: The key for the Left (and for that matter, the Center, and even, the Center-Right) to win again is to be unafraid to embrace the Hard Hats. Learn their world. Live it. Learn why they have the mindset they have. In a small way, become a bit of a Hard Hat.

Does that mean a bit of casual racism, sexism, and homophobia? That will be a hard sell for a lot of people.

No but it does mean sensitivity about things like economic displacement due to globalization and automation, and, rapid social change due to multiculturalism. Up until now, the program of modernity has taken an attitude of "change is here, deal with it all you Neanderthal  rough necks!" Serious investment needs to be made into mitigation. There may be actual areas of worsened quality of life that a white (or even, assimilated PoC) working stiff has experienced due to the aforementioned factors. There needs to be a middle ground between acquiescence to regressive or conformist existence and radical upending constant change. One of the worst things is social engineering and border line brain washing in the schools. There are ways to maintain continuous improvement vis a vis human rights without completely trashing the existing or traditional culture.

An appeal to compassion, then. I hope that the anti-Trumpers (for want of a better term) can find it in their hearts to care about the pro-Trumpers. Otherwise the country could tear itself apart.