- 20 Jan 2017 17:15
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Across the Western World, we have seen an onslaught of right-wing movements taking over. In America, Republicans control the top 5 levels of government. In Britain, the Conservatives are in charge and Brexit happened. In Europe, the EPP is in charge, and the only reason the left has a voice is of the Grand Coalition. In Australia, the Liberal-National coalition is in charge.
The only major domains where the left seems to be winning are Canada, France, Spain, and Italy. Even the Scandinavian socialist paradise of Sweden is jeopardized right now. Italy's PM lost its referendum as well, and Spain's recent elections had the conservative party take the lead. French socialists hold very tenuous control over parliament as well.
This is all after Democrats were saying in the recent American presidential election that Republicans were on the verge of falling into the dustbin of history.
This isn't what I really want to talk about though. Yes, we can talk about how a majority of union members outside of teacher unions voted for Trump. Yes, we can talk about how identity politics is falling apart. Yes, we can talk about how American Democrats corruptly tossed out Bernie, but now, they don't like how Wikileaks is probably associated with the Russians even though the CIA has a history of disinformation yet still expects to be taken for its word...
...and keep in mind this is the same CIA who President Madero of Venezuela says is interfering in his country's well being and provoked the people to vote for reformers, reformers who have received overwhelming support throughout Latin America in light of due process corruption...
...corruption which supported a socialist president who called his religious opponent a "faggot" in the presidential election that he won by the slimmest of questionable margins, behavior which is similar to how Duterte called Obama a whore.
All of this aside, there's something else that deserves to be talked about.
We are realizing a new age of politics here. For years, the right has been criticized for its properness behind property rights. It has been accused of being oppressive for insisting on morals, ethics, and standards. The recent tide of conservatism, however, doesn't follow this pattern at all.
We are witnessing the rise of dark conservatism. I don't call it alt-right or fascist thought because it really isn't. The alt-right is even being dismissed by many dark conservatives for making excuses and being lazy bums.
We are witnessing the rise of plain, basic, and simple bluntness overriding everything. It isn't racist, it isn't prejudiced, and it isn't discriminatory. It's just candid to the point of brutality. It's crude, vulgar, obtuse, nasty, and outright brash.
I say this especially with the rising influence of social media which has put political forums to shame. People can make one, two, and three-liners, and get hundreds, thousands, and sometimes tens-of-thousands of likes that influence people. They can flat out curse people out, call people names, mock and make fun of people with no regard, and it flies. This isn't some localist phenomenon at your neighborhood pub or bar. This is an international gathering of bluntness.
The previous era of politics blamed conservatism for pushing its values onto others, but those value-oriented people have disappeared. Even Ted Cruz was run over by Donald Trump. We are in the midst of true rugged individualism that blames the victim to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps.
As Trump said, "I unwound myself."
This is not an era of the rule of law and order. This is not an era of civic responsibility. This is not an era of people being held responsible for their actions.
This is an era of classic conservatism coming out of the woodwork, and telling people to deal with it. Conservatives before believed that inequality came from fate, and that liberals were whiners who didn't want to accept their status in life. Those conservatives are now hammering it to their opponents. The free will/rational choice/a priori reason right-wingers are no more.
The real question is how will the left respond? At best, the left seems to be targeting moderates, centrists, and independents to bully them into fitting in line, something which is making them lose more and more because those they target are either leaving politics or supporting the right.
Perhaps an even better question is, "Is the left being subverted by right-wingers who are making it look bad from the inside out to provoke people into joining its opposition?"
The only major domains where the left seems to be winning are Canada, France, Spain, and Italy. Even the Scandinavian socialist paradise of Sweden is jeopardized right now. Italy's PM lost its referendum as well, and Spain's recent elections had the conservative party take the lead. French socialists hold very tenuous control over parliament as well.
This is all after Democrats were saying in the recent American presidential election that Republicans were on the verge of falling into the dustbin of history.
This isn't what I really want to talk about though. Yes, we can talk about how a majority of union members outside of teacher unions voted for Trump. Yes, we can talk about how identity politics is falling apart. Yes, we can talk about how American Democrats corruptly tossed out Bernie, but now, they don't like how Wikileaks is probably associated with the Russians even though the CIA has a history of disinformation yet still expects to be taken for its word...
...and keep in mind this is the same CIA who President Madero of Venezuela says is interfering in his country's well being and provoked the people to vote for reformers, reformers who have received overwhelming support throughout Latin America in light of due process corruption...
...corruption which supported a socialist president who called his religious opponent a "faggot" in the presidential election that he won by the slimmest of questionable margins, behavior which is similar to how Duterte called Obama a whore.
All of this aside, there's something else that deserves to be talked about.
We are realizing a new age of politics here. For years, the right has been criticized for its properness behind property rights. It has been accused of being oppressive for insisting on morals, ethics, and standards. The recent tide of conservatism, however, doesn't follow this pattern at all.
We are witnessing the rise of dark conservatism. I don't call it alt-right or fascist thought because it really isn't. The alt-right is even being dismissed by many dark conservatives for making excuses and being lazy bums.
We are witnessing the rise of plain, basic, and simple bluntness overriding everything. It isn't racist, it isn't prejudiced, and it isn't discriminatory. It's just candid to the point of brutality. It's crude, vulgar, obtuse, nasty, and outright brash.
I say this especially with the rising influence of social media which has put political forums to shame. People can make one, two, and three-liners, and get hundreds, thousands, and sometimes tens-of-thousands of likes that influence people. They can flat out curse people out, call people names, mock and make fun of people with no regard, and it flies. This isn't some localist phenomenon at your neighborhood pub or bar. This is an international gathering of bluntness.
The previous era of politics blamed conservatism for pushing its values onto others, but those value-oriented people have disappeared. Even Ted Cruz was run over by Donald Trump. We are in the midst of true rugged individualism that blames the victim to pull oneself up by one's bootstraps.
As Trump said, "I unwound myself."
This is not an era of the rule of law and order. This is not an era of civic responsibility. This is not an era of people being held responsible for their actions.
This is an era of classic conservatism coming out of the woodwork, and telling people to deal with it. Conservatives before believed that inequality came from fate, and that liberals were whiners who didn't want to accept their status in life. Those conservatives are now hammering it to their opponents. The free will/rational choice/a priori reason right-wingers are no more.
The real question is how will the left respond? At best, the left seems to be targeting moderates, centrists, and independents to bully them into fitting in line, something which is making them lose more and more because those they target are either leaving politics or supporting the right.
Perhaps an even better question is, "Is the left being subverted by right-wingers who are making it look bad from the inside out to provoke people into joining its opposition?"
- By Rich
- By ingliz
- By Unthinking Majority