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America isn't really moving left. The loudest people in the room aren't the majority.

• finid 11y ago
  But that's the problem. The majority does not necessarily determine how the country will lean, only the loudest, the most vociferous, the most passionate, the most eh..., "patriotic". The Nazis were not the majority, but they had a plan, and were loud and uncompromising about it. McCarthy and Co were not the majority, but see how they managed to shaped the laws of the land. The majority didn't care enough to resist. Presently, the right wing of the Republican party are not the majority in the party, but see how they are helping to define who gets elected to represent their party. By being the loudest, they've marginalized the "moderates" within their party. In the waning days of an empire, which kicks in long before the empire loses complete grip on its sphere of influence, the empire tends to veer right. And that's because those who consider themselves the most "patriotic", who believe they know how to "make the empire great again", tend to be the loudest. And they tend to be in the right wing of the political spectrum.
  • gozur88 11y ago
    >The Nazis were not the majority, but they had a plan, and were loud and uncompromising about it. Yes, but the Nazis didn't have to contend with the American system, which would have kept them out of power unless they were able to get 50% + 1 electoral votes.