Why hasn't the influence of the right-wing stopped societies from evolving?

[Leo Gura]

Part of the problem is that growing income inequality in American society -- thanks to unchecked late-stage capitalism -- has created a lot of resentment and dissatisfaction among average blue collar folk. Trump then hijacked and fomented this resentment as a con-artist is bound to do.

Reagan actually played a big part in laying the seeds for this with his rampant capitalism and deregulation. But those seeds would not fully sprout until decades later.

The irony of conservative policy is that once their policies prove to be a failure, they don't admit wrongdoing or correct their ways, they blame liberals and use this as an excuse to double-down.

[DocWatts]

28 minutes ago, Leo Gura said:

Part of the problem is that growing income inequality in American society -- thanks to unchecked late-stage capitalism -- has created a lot of resentment and dissatisfaction among average blue collar folk. Trump then hijacked and fomented this resentment as a con-artist is bound to do.

Then add to that demographic anxiety, as America is becoming less Christian and less white, with whites poised to no longer be the ethnic majority in America in a few decades.

An aggrieved majority that's anxious about losing its privileged status is a dangerous state of things, as it's a scenario that's ripe for manipulation by bad actors. In fact it tends to be a fairly reliable warning sign before genocides.

Not that I'm suggesting things will go that far here, but the intention on the American right to reinstate of aspects of Jim Crow (such as the effective repeal of the Voting Rights Act) should make us take pause.

Edited April 12, 2022 by DocWatts

[Hardkill]

5 hours ago, Leo Gura said:

Part of the problem is that growing income inequality in American society -- thanks to unchecked late-stage capitalism -- has created a lot of resentment and dissatisfaction among average blue collar folk. Trump then hijacked and fomented this resentment as a con-artist is bound to do.

Reagan actually played a big part in laying the seeds for this with his rampant capitalism and deregulation. But those seeds would not fully sprout until decades later.

The irony of conservative policy is that once their policies prove to be a failure, they don't admit wrongdoing or correct their ways, they blame liberals and use this as an excuse to double-down.

Trump truly became the ultimate demagogue of the century or of all American history. 

Yeah....if only the Democrats hadn't abandoned the working class since the late 80s to early 90s just as Noam Chomsky said....

4 hours ago, DocWatts said:

Then add to that demographic anxiety, as America is becoming less Christian and less white, with whites poised to no longer be the ethnic majority in America in a few decades.

An aggrieved majority that's anxious about losing its privileged status is a dangerous state of things, as it's a scenario that's ripe for manipulation by bad actors. In fact it tends to be a fairly reliable warning sign before genocides.

Not that I'm suggesting things will go that far here, but the intention on the American right to reinstate of aspects of Jim Crow (such as the effective repeal of the Voting Rights Act) should make us take pause.

Yeah, these factors which had developed over a period of about 5 generations really lead to these tragic unintended consequences for our country.

[BuddhistLover]

The way the world systems work right now, today's liberals are tomorrow's conservatives. As society approaches stage yellow, it's going to get interesting, so stay tuned for that. And creating cash flows is definitely more complex a process than it seems at first. It's almost like a whole scientific field.