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> Those opponents got at least that right, America should stick to being America Whatever you think that is, it doesn't and won't exist anymore. In the last ~1
by eightysixfour 1y ago
> Those opponents got at least that right, America should stick to being America
Whatever you think that is, it doesn't and won't exist anymore. In the last ~120 years we have had the most technological change in all of history, our cultural change is faster than ever before, and the people no longer have the same set of values they did.
The Democrats would like it to go back to BAU from the late 2000s and early 2010s. That doesn't exist anymore. The Republicans want us to move to some idealized fantasy of 1950s and 60s, and not only did it never exist, but it can't happen again either. I once asked a Republican candidate what they thought the goal of all of this was and they said "you know, enable the American dream, white picket fence, a couple of kids, nice neighborhoods..." I nearly did a spit take.
Neither present a compelling vision of the future or how we rise to our new challenges.