The center right will likely win the culture war

[JasonBlack]

(10-21-2022, 10:02 PM)pbrower2a Wrote: The Center Right is exactly what we need for fending off the Hard Right. Britain in the 1930's had active Communist and fascist groups, but it also had a strong Conservative Party and a strong Labour Party. Conservatives made clear that fascists had nothing to offer but bigotry, and Labour recognized that the Soviet Union was not the paradise that it claimed to be. Conservatives showed that the fascists were unconscionable evil (concentration camps, book burning, Jew-baiting, and torture chambers) .

The Center Left (and the bulk of the American Left is Center Left) is the diametric opposite of the Hard Right. The problem is that the Center Left has little to offer the Hard Right except for ridicule that cause people on the bubble to stand with their neighbors co-workers, and drinking buddies when such people feel excoriation for believing FoX News and spouting conspiracy theories. We lack a Center Right that states clearly that this stuff is bad for business and contrary to traditions that have held the test of time.

Exactly. My biggest contentions with a few right wing groups/ideas are as follows
1) Almost have the US population is not white. Since we can't deport them even if we wanted to, we need to find some way to at least get along cordially. The business conservatives and midwestern rural and suburban conservatives have been good at this for a long time, but the younger, edgier right wingers need to temper that with a bit more cooperation and patience.
2) I hate modern feminism with a passion, but...I still have a mother, aunts, female cousins, etc. Straight men also will need to get along with a wife, and have a 50% of having female offspring. Just because feminism needs to be punished doesn't negate the fact that everyone needs to interact with women regularly in order to function either individually or societally. Yes, be willing to rebuke those who are disrespectful, but you also have to be kind during normal interaction and, especially, when they are doing something you want to encourage.
3) As I've mentioned in a few other posts, conservatives need to focus on....actually conserving something. The late millennial and early Gen Z boys are kicking ass with all the memes and being willing to stand up to all their peers and media outlets, but they are just that...boys. We need more of the men to step up and bring back some good ol' common sense, stability and responsible risk management.

In short, some form of multi-ethnic civic nationalism is the only way we can go. The question is not a matter of if. It is a matter of when.