Originally Posted by
Wash DC Blue
You know what Mate.
I despair at the State of politics in general.
Not just the politicians that we have had over the last 10 years or so…but the absolute vicious polarization that we now see.
Point Scoring at any given opportunity and teeth bared to anybody who dares disagree.
The Right do the same, but I honestly think that the modern day left are more fervent in their intense hatred.
This is just my opinion and I wish that it wasn’t.
Of course, I might have been brainwashed or radicalized online, have cognitive bias and live in online echo chamber. I do try to see things from different sides and sources though.
It’s my opinion that the Left, left me.
It started around 2014 for me, escalated in 2016, put on the afterburners in 2017 and have kept heading the same direction ever since.
The left that I knew, were kind, compassionate, non discriminatory, progressive but balanced.
I felt like I was on the side of good.
Now I firmly believe that The Left have lost their ****ing minds after fully embracing post modernism and identity politics.
Now, I think that they are radical, oppressive, totalitarian, puritanical ideologues.
I don’t think that the left has a love of nations anymore. Maybe they have been true internationalists when I was younger, but to me…they were always on the fringes.
Now, it seems that there is a dislike of country and disdain for those who still like the country and culture that they grew up in.
They certainly do not represent the working class anymore in my opinion.
It says something when “The Red Wall” are drifting towards an obvious charlatan and chancer in Farage in their droves.
Moderate Labour voters drifting towards a right leaning party in their droves. It’s nuts to think that this would happen even as recently as 2010.
Obviously Trump and Brexit are HUGE factors which really deepened the chasm…
Again, just my opinion.
I still believe in Trade Unions, The NHS, a Benefit System to help those that need it, Gay Marriage and adoption, abortion, social equality and decriminalization of drugs.
I still dislike Corporate Greed, The US Healthcare/Insurance system.
I’ve said it before…I think I belong in the category of Blue Labour…or a Hybrid of Ralph Nader/Ross Perot over here.