05-15-2017, 10:00 AM
(05-14-2017, 01:06 PM)Warren Dew Wrote:(05-14-2017, 10:10 AM)David Horn Wrote:(05-13-2017, 05:46 PM)Warren Dew Wrote: Actually, the antiimmigrant sentiment is economic, not social.
I disagree. I think it's both. Some see immigrants as threatening and others as competition. The result is the same though the feelings are not. Xenophobia operates on many levels.
The social prejudice against immigrants is not new; those feelings have always been there. What's new is economic stresses from immigration translating antiimmigrant feelings into actual policy action. That points to a fourth turning. Only Mikebert's desire to preserve his political misconceptions prevents him from seeing that.
The openness with which prejudice is shown today is a throwback to that earlier period Trump's supporters see as the time when America was Great. It's reactionary in a broad sense, and can't just be cited as more of the same. I do agree that we are in a 4T, but the path forward is murky at best. I've heard more comments about tribalism replacing partisanship in the last few weeks than I've ever heard before. How des that get resolved? Mike is right about that. It speaks of 2T sentiment.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.
