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It's not even really a "may". My left-leaning friends see "the right" as idiotic boomers destroying the country through bigotry. My right-leaning family see "th
by xboxnolifes 2y ago
It's not even really a "may". My left-leaning friends see "the right" as idiotic boomers destroying the country through bigotry. My right-leaning family see "the left" as idiots and plants destroying the country by removing and disrespecting its values.
At least in my circles, the divide is almost perfectly one side fearing(/angry about) losing/changing what currently exists and the other side angry the other side tries to stop them from making changes.
- legitster 2y agoFor the record, I think that a "push-and-pull" approach to progress and democracy is probably helpful. If every progressive policy of the last 150 years was actually enacted it would be pretty terrible - eugenics, prohibition, reeducation, de-industrialization, etc. To the extent that a democracy is still healthy good ideas should still win out in the long run over bad ideas. One side applies the gas and one side applies the breaks. But I also don't think that's a great description of current politics in the US either. Both parties are in alignment on a lot of key issues, especially economic: both support de-globalization, both fight for entitlements (for different groups though, of course), both are fighting for government expansion. A lot of the "culture war" issues are kind of a political window dressing for the actual war over the economy.