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2020-10-30 Home Front: Politix

[Mises] Even if Trump somehow manages to win in November, the Left (i.e., "progressives" and social democrats) can rest easy knowing that the Left's influence over the country's institutions and ideological views have only increased in recent years.

Naturally, the Left has portrayed itself as somehow victimized, declaring itself to be "the resistance" and making numerous predictions of doom in which the opponents of the Left would gain untrammeled control over the population. In this view, the nation is always just a few days away from enduring a mixture of social Darwinism and theocracy as imposed by libertarians and conservatives, respectively.

After four years with the Trump administration in power, of course, the nation isn't even heading in this direction. Government control over healthcare isn't going away. Most states have only expanded Medicaid. Gun control laws have become more stringent, not less. Government spending has risen to unprecedented levels, and almost no political candidate at the federal level would seriously argue in favor of any substantial cuts. Anti-Christian rhetoric has become more fashionable than ever, so that now any Christian who actually practices his or her religion—i.e., Amy Coney Barrett—is portrayed in the media as a religious zealot. Even minor deviations from the demanded orthodoxy—such as actor Chris Pratt’s lack of enthusiasm for Joe Biden—earns hate campaigns from the guardians of acceptable public opinion.

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Posted by Clem 2020-10-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [11131 views ] Top

#1 I think the left hit their hight water mark under Obama, about the same time they list their sense of humor.

Now we'll see them fall, probably pretty rapidly as they've over-reached in their cancel culture nonsense.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-10-30 00:15|| 2020-10-30 00:15|| Front Page Top

#2 They havent been defeated until they are run out of academia so they can no longer poison and indoctrinate young minds.

Posted by Theager Borgia1057 2020-10-30 00:42|| 2020-10-30 00:42|| Front Page Top

#3 They win because they get declared the winner without a fight, like this article does.

Posted by Rob Crawford 2020-10-30 02:48|| 2020-10-30 02:48|| Front Page Top

#4 Because "the Right" are dumb as $hit?

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 03:54|| 2020-10-30 03:54|| Front Page Top

#5 Yes indeed #3. In my opinion covid has destroyed liberal institutions.50% of liberal colleges are projected to fail in the next few years. Conservative colleges are thriving. The new conservative age, nationalism, God and country has returned. With a Trump win and gaining the house and senate the country will achieve, achieve and achieve. We ain't seen nothing as yet. To the moon Alice or most likely Mars.

Posted by Dale 2020-10-30 04:01|| 2020-10-30 04:01|| Front Page Top

#6 Marxism should be as unacceptable as it's "non-jewish" spinoff national socialism, as should international socialism.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-10-30 04:19|| 2020-10-30 04:19|| Front Page Top

#7 The left wins where the right allows it to parasite.

New regulation costs should come out of bureaucrat budgets.

Posted by Bright Pebbles 2020-10-30 04:20|| 2020-10-30 04:20|| Front Page Top

#8 Chief Justice Roberts and Maverick McCain with the assist.

Posted by Clem 2020-10-30 06:40|| 2020-10-30 06:40|| Front Page Top

#9 In cases where the left wins it is because they (a) play to emotions over logic and (b) use new words, redefine old words, and intellectual sounding phrasing to make themselves seem so smart.

If they were truly winning honestly they wouldn't ditch the word liberal or progressive from time to time after their policies get discredited, again.

Posted by rjschwarz 2020-10-30 10:24|| 2020-10-30 10:24|| Front Page Top

#10 I didn't see the left's "Willingness to cheat and do anything for money and power" on the list. I didn't see "Selling your soul to the devil" either.

Posted by JohnQC 2020-10-30 11:46|| 2020-10-30 11:46|| Front Page Top

#11 Pretty much on the mark. They won the education system and the media slowly over a period of nearly 100 years and with negligible opposition. The opposition was too busy working, building, inventing etc. - and supporting them - to notice.

Posted by Glenmore 2020-10-30 14:59|| 2020-10-30 14:59|| Front Page Top

#12 If they are winning why are they shouting and threatening so much these days? If they are winning why do they have to bury so much from other people these days?

Its not a sign of winning when you devolve into calling nearly half your population your enemy.

Posted by Procopius2k 2020-10-30 15:22|| 2020-10-30 15:22|| Front Page Top

#13 ^Because appetite comes during the meal.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2020-10-30 15:39|| 2020-10-30 15:39|| Front Page Top

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