01-15-2021, 03:03 PM
(01-14-2021, 09:24 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: Well, I'd say that the mirror-image Marxists who dominate Corporate America aren't on the Left. Academia and media tend Left by default because people to the Left of Ronald Reagan aren't going to go very far in such businesses. Corporate America fills with unimaginative, money-driven people at least among middle management and higher ranks. Academia and media have far more room for smart people who have the proclivity to think outside the box.
And maybe the *real* battle of the Crisis will be when the populist left and populist right finally realize they have more in common than they think and rise up against the pro-statist, pro-globalist, pro-corporatist elite.
When I see politicians ignoring the very rules they've imposed on others that are causing businesses to shut down, I'm one step away from raising a fist in the air and shouting 'Workers of the world unite!"
Preferably in a non-Marxist and anti-authoritarian way, of course.
As many have pointed out, the left-right dichotomy is insufficient - which is why the political compass was developed. I can easily join hands with anyone on the anti-authoritarian spectrum, left or right, can work with anyone in the center, and would fight like hell anyone who wants to use the authority of the state to force obedience to their ideology and drive up dependence on government largesse.