03-16-2020, 01:22 PM
I think there are two things here.
First, the things that the two sides are willing to wreck to sabotage the current administration are different. The right was not willing to wreck the free market economy to damage Obama, just as the left would not now be willing to wreck the welfare state to damage Trump. It would have taken a different crisis for the right to be willing to take advantage of it.
Second, yes, the crisis mood is much stronger now. If this were actually a serious disease, we'd be watching the regeneracy in action. Unfortunately it isn't, so I think this is be a false regeneracy, soon to be forgotten as we move on to the next one - unless someone can think of a way where this crisis can last for four or five years.
First, the things that the two sides are willing to wreck to sabotage the current administration are different. The right was not willing to wreck the free market economy to damage Obama, just as the left would not now be willing to wreck the welfare state to damage Trump. It would have taken a different crisis for the right to be willing to take advantage of it.
Second, yes, the crisis mood is much stronger now. If this were actually a serious disease, we'd be watching the regeneracy in action. Unfortunately it isn't, so I think this is be a false regeneracy, soon to be forgotten as we move on to the next one - unless someone can think of a way where this crisis can last for four or five years.