05-12-2021, 01:03 PM
It seems quiet of late. The endless arguments seem to have ended. I guess the Regeneracy is over and the conservatives have seen the handwriting on the wall?
My basic analysis seems confirmed. The progressive era of FDR through LBJ ended when the Democrats picked up the black vote, and the Republicans the racist. In spite of the civil rights movement, there were just more racists in America than blacks. Conservatives weakened unions, weakened benefits, drove down wages and shipped jobs overseas. They bypassed the labor gains and environmental regulations. They pushed small government. The theory was that if you attacked the poor, you hurt minorities. You widened the wealth gap which pleased the elites, and you hurt the minorities which pleased the racists.
But the idea that you could help the elites and racists by hurting America was not sustainable. Every culture is flawed. Every four score and seven years, the progressives demand that the most blatant flaws be removed. The issue this time seems to be centered between advocating more prejudice, murder and oppression and between advocating equality, democracy and human rights.
This doesn’t make everything the conservatives stand for ugly. Problems show up less in rural areas. Independence becomes more important than teamwork and specialization when your neighbor lives further away. Either party will become corrupt if you leave them in power long enough. Whatever solution was great at first is eventually driven beyond the point of diminishing return by unimaginative politicians riding the status quo hard. I could easily foresee today’s readiness to spend money to solve problems being overdone. If you don’t watch yourself, it is a recipe for disaster.
That seems to be the short version.
My basic analysis seems confirmed. The progressive era of FDR through LBJ ended when the Democrats picked up the black vote, and the Republicans the racist. In spite of the civil rights movement, there were just more racists in America than blacks. Conservatives weakened unions, weakened benefits, drove down wages and shipped jobs overseas. They bypassed the labor gains and environmental regulations. They pushed small government. The theory was that if you attacked the poor, you hurt minorities. You widened the wealth gap which pleased the elites, and you hurt the minorities which pleased the racists.
But the idea that you could help the elites and racists by hurting America was not sustainable. Every culture is flawed. Every four score and seven years, the progressives demand that the most blatant flaws be removed. The issue this time seems to be centered between advocating more prejudice, murder and oppression and between advocating equality, democracy and human rights.
This doesn’t make everything the conservatives stand for ugly. Problems show up less in rural areas. Independence becomes more important than teamwork and specialization when your neighbor lives further away. Either party will become corrupt if you leave them in power long enough. Whatever solution was great at first is eventually driven beyond the point of diminishing return by unimaginative politicians riding the status quo hard. I could easily foresee today’s readiness to spend money to solve problems being overdone. If you don’t watch yourself, it is a recipe for disaster.
That seems to be the short version.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.