08-24-2020, 10:31 AM
Eric,
Firstly I agree, let's not tackle the immigration issue. That is old territory.
Now in regards to politics, you keep saying that in the U.S politics and the economy has been right wing since the 1980s. I have to disagree with this. You are forgetting the two terms of slick willy and Obama. Both democrats and the push towards more social liberalism did occur on their watch, particularly in regards social values. Gay marriage, the legalisation of marijuana, the start of universal healthcare, transgender bathrooms, all of these took place under Obama in particular. Very left wing.
To be honest, the only one I can recall being really right wing has been Trump. Bush was more centre right if anything.
But overall there is the establishment of a leftist political and social culture. Video games put BLM messages in their products. We have had the entire socio-cultural elite backing lefty values. Google, Amazon and what have you.
If they were backing the right wing, they would be praising Trump all day and backing traditional marriage and what have you. But they are not. It is left wing issues, such as environmentalism and open borders and other issues that today's media and cultural elite are backing, along with the vast majority of the Democratic party.
Trump is like an outsider besieged and surrounded. I don't know how much more left wing you can get. I know what I'm talking about, I live in Putin's Russia and the U.S is very left wing in comparison.
I agree with you on one thing. The U.S needs to sort out its healthcare system. But I just do not know how much more left wing you can go without destroying the country. It baffles me.
Firstly I agree, let's not tackle the immigration issue. That is old territory.
Now in regards to politics, you keep saying that in the U.S politics and the economy has been right wing since the 1980s. I have to disagree with this. You are forgetting the two terms of slick willy and Obama. Both democrats and the push towards more social liberalism did occur on their watch, particularly in regards social values. Gay marriage, the legalisation of marijuana, the start of universal healthcare, transgender bathrooms, all of these took place under Obama in particular. Very left wing.
To be honest, the only one I can recall being really right wing has been Trump. Bush was more centre right if anything.
But overall there is the establishment of a leftist political and social culture. Video games put BLM messages in their products. We have had the entire socio-cultural elite backing lefty values. Google, Amazon and what have you.
If they were backing the right wing, they would be praising Trump all day and backing traditional marriage and what have you. But they are not. It is left wing issues, such as environmentalism and open borders and other issues that today's media and cultural elite are backing, along with the vast majority of the Democratic party.
Trump is like an outsider besieged and surrounded. I don't know how much more left wing you can get. I know what I'm talking about, I live in Putin's Russia and the U.S is very left wing in comparison.
I agree with you on one thing. The U.S needs to sort out its healthcare system. But I just do not know how much more left wing you can go without destroying the country. It baffles me.