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Even if these forecasts on the Democrats losing in 2022 or 2024 are true, isn’t it only a temporary outcome? The younger generations (Gen Z) skew a lot more lef

Even if these forecasts on the Democrats losing in 2022 or 2024 are true, isn’t it only a temporary outcome? The younger generations (Gen Z) skew a lot more left than previous ones (including Millennials), and their polling on policing, gender, immigration, socialism, and so on reflects this. There are also many institutions that drive that trend: Social media is skewed leftward systemically (due to moderation policies from left-leaning tech companies), colleges skew leftward (see voting patterns among professors), K-12 schools skew leftward (see injection of progressive viewpoints into curricula by the NEA), and culture skews leftward (see Hollywood). Add to that other structural changes like declining birth rates among Americans and birthright citizenship for offspring of illegal immigrants, and it feels to me like there is no way the GOP has political viability beyond the next couple cycles. So does 2022 or 2024 matter? Is it really much of a signal for Democrats to be more moderate? Or is the Democratic platform just a bit ahead of its time to shine?

picsao 5y ago
The system skews towards the right, because it forces the economic redundant into brutal fights for a livelihood. Nobody cares of what remnants of the past the elite clings to.
goto11 5y ago
As someone from outside the US it seems bizarre that Hollywood is considered "left" in the US. Hollywood glamorizes American militarism. When military engagements is criticized, as in many Vietnam movies, the angle is that it was traumatic for the American soldiers having to kill all those people for no purpose. Outside of the military, individualism is worshiped and any form of collectivism (from unions to government institutions) are shown as irredeemably corrupt, while the rugged individual playing by their own rules save the day any time. The world is always saved by the exceptional superhuman. Social problems (like poverty, unemployment, expensive health issues) are always solved for single individuals through personal actions or individual acts of kindness, never by improving society. But in general social problems are non-existent, all serious problems are due to evil individuals which can be defeated, or are due to personal failings which can be overcome through "motivation". But because Hollywood have a black superhero and a woman Ghostbuster, it is considered "left wing".
- dragonwriter 5y ago
  > As someone from outside the US it seems bizarre that Hollywood is considered "left" in the US. The dominant faction of the left-most major party in the US (which the other party calls anything associated with “far left”) is a center-right neoliberal capitalist military-interventionist faction. The other party is a far right party in which the narrative that slavery was good for those subjected to it is not considered unreasonable. Once you understand and internalize that, Hollywood being considered left in the US political context makes perfect sense.

picsao 5y ago

The system skews towards the right, because it forces the economic redundant into brutal fights for a livelihood. Nobody cares of what remnants of the past the elite clings to.

goto11 5y ago

As someone from outside the US it seems bizarre that Hollywood is considered "left" in the US. Hollywood glamorizes American militarism. When military engagements is criticized, as in many Vietnam movies, the angle is that it was traumatic for the American soldiers having to kill all those people for no purpose. Outside of the military, individualism is worshiped and any form of collectivism (from unions to government institutions) are shown as irredeemably corrupt, while the rugged individual playing by their own rules save the day any time. The world is always saved by the exceptional superhuman. Social problems (like poverty, unemployment, expensive health issues) are always solved for single individuals through personal actions or individual acts of kindness, never by improving society. But in general social problems are non-existent, all serious problems are due to evil individuals which can be defeated, or are due to personal failings which can be overcome through "motivation". But because Hollywood have a black superhero and a woman Ghostbuster, it is considered "left wing".

dragonwriter 5y ago
> As someone from outside the US it seems bizarre that Hollywood is considered "left" in the US. The dominant faction of the left-most major party in the US (which the other party calls anything associated with “far left”) is a center-right neoliberal capitalist military-interventionist faction. The other party is a far right party in which the narrative that slavery was good for those subjected to it is not considered unreasonable. Once you understand and internalize that, Hollywood being considered left in the US political context makes perfect sense.