05-11-2022, 01:25 PM
(This post was last modified: 05-11-2022, 01:32 PM by Eric the Green.)
"- most of the right already has no problem with gay people
- most of the right is already against racism
- most of the right already agrees with the basic principles feminism was supposed to be about"
That is definitely not true. Politicians like DeSantis, Abbott, Boebert, Greene, Gaetz, Jordan, etc., and even Trump, double down in their anti gay, anti LGBTQ, racist, anti-immigrant, anti-feminist stands in order to out-flank Trump or get his support, and they are even passing laws penalizing doctors and nurses for giving care to trans people, as well as banning books that explain past racial injustice in this country, which is vast and long-standing, and banning discussion of gays in school, not to mention the attacks on women's rights by the supreme court and in 26 states.
The right has moved the line further and further right, making any attempt to move past the culture wars and deal with real issues next to impossible. I believe this is being done to elect Republicans who will double down on the neoliberal policies of lower taxes for the rich, on giveaways to corporations and "job creaters," on ending regulations especially on climate and environment so fossil fool barons and other corporate lords can continue to amass wealth, on deliberately increasing inequality, and other neoliberal policies. The culture war gets certain people to vote Republican, and all Republicans are neoliberals. And neoliberal policies are presented in terms of fear of immigrants, opposition to taxes given for welfare and people who don't work who may explicitly be stated as or merely implied as being people of color, etc., to further appeal to uninformed, uneducated, prejudiced, religious right, rural and ex-urban conservatives, who have an advantage in the Senate and electoral college.
- most of the right is already against racism
- most of the right already agrees with the basic principles feminism was supposed to be about"
That is definitely not true. Politicians like DeSantis, Abbott, Boebert, Greene, Gaetz, Jordan, etc., and even Trump, double down in their anti gay, anti LGBTQ, racist, anti-immigrant, anti-feminist stands in order to out-flank Trump or get his support, and they are even passing laws penalizing doctors and nurses for giving care to trans people, as well as banning books that explain past racial injustice in this country, which is vast and long-standing, and banning discussion of gays in school, not to mention the attacks on women's rights by the supreme court and in 26 states.
The right has moved the line further and further right, making any attempt to move past the culture wars and deal with real issues next to impossible. I believe this is being done to elect Republicans who will double down on the neoliberal policies of lower taxes for the rich, on giveaways to corporations and "job creaters," on ending regulations especially on climate and environment so fossil fool barons and other corporate lords can continue to amass wealth, on deliberately increasing inequality, and other neoliberal policies. The culture war gets certain people to vote Republican, and all Republicans are neoliberals. And neoliberal policies are presented in terms of fear of immigrants, opposition to taxes given for welfare and people who don't work who may explicitly be stated as or merely implied as being people of color, etc., to further appeal to uninformed, uneducated, prejudiced, religious right, rural and ex-urban conservatives, who have an advantage in the Senate and electoral college.