Who is to blame?
The America many of us grew up in is long gone. It was a safe orderly place with a minimum of social unrest. The period immediately following the Second World War was one of good will and affluence. People respected one another at a time when the economy was booming, and at a time when it was good to be young. A man who worked with his hands could make a decent living. Almost anyone with a good job could afford a home.
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What marked that period most is now almost forgotten: The post war rush to marry and have children would come to be known as the "baby boom."
So, what happened to that strong society that so many shared in and more importantly: Who is to blame for destroying it all?
As we should all know by now, somewhere along the way the American left became a political force and took control of many of our institutions. It was a strategy btw called the “Long March Through the Institutions.” It was a strategy for achieving ideological or political change by gradually embedding leftist ideologues within key institutions, rather than attempting a revolution in a content and prosperous country like America was. The strategy obviously worked.
The most important of these institutions was academia: The university. It was there that 3 generations of Americans were brainwashed. Race relations within this country were poisoned there. The brainwashing was performed by very privileged white elites living in beautiful little tenured enclaves. Impressionable young minds hung onto their every word.
So, when we look in astonishment at what the democrat party has become and wonder how such insane candidates could ever be elected, we know who to blame. When we look in astonishment at millions of unvetted migrants allowed into the country, we know who to blame. When we see violent thugs released without punishment, we know who to blame. when we see activist judges going far beyond their jurisdictions to issue nationwide injunctions, we know who to blame. When we see the Teachers unions acting as an arm of the democrat party, we know who to blame.
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The blame lies with so called "professors" who cannot be fired and work about 9 months of the year in pristine surroundings. They sometimes manage to write an article which nobody reads, and they are then called "scholars," and worst of all they are graduating people who lack reason or knowledge.
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"As president, Trump has leveraged the power of the federal government to threaten funding and restrict foreign student status, demanding an unprecedented role in university admissions, curriculum and operations. In many cases, he has used accusations of antisemitism or the credo of law and order as wedges to force broader scrutiny of higher education administrators and employed civil rights laws aimed at providing fair access and equal protection to recast the definition of discrimination and roll back safeguards for historically disadvantaged populations."
Trump’s Higher Education Crackdown: Visa Revocations, DEI Bans, Lawsuits and Funding Cuts | National News | U.S. News
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He's talking about Trump, right? I don't know of anyone who slanders people more than Trump.
Such obsequious blind loyalty is truly nauseating. Talk about brainwashed.
You don't?
Well let me imitate the recently arriving migrant in LA: " I love the country, but the more I call it racist and rotten, the more they give me"
I wouldnt be surprised if he has Trumps holiday messages to the nation framed and hanging on a wall in his house.
[✘] Call me what you want, we are going to defeat you people
Your comments already emulate your dear Leader quite efficiently, no need for an example.
"you people"
Heard that before. I am a patriotic American citizen, so if some "we" is going to "defeat" us then they're a terrorist organization attempting to overthrow our constitutional republic. Now where have patriotic Americans seen that "we" before?
The American people will never let those fucking traitor's "win", and not a one of them or those who support them can call themselves a patriot so dying for their cause will be nothing but rain water on our roots.
[✘] The American people will never let those fucking traitor's "win",
It reminds me of the Confederate charge!
... the same demographic of traitors.
Demographic?
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That is such a ridiculous claim.
Do you actually, honestly believe that the preponderance of Ds are 'Socialist & Marxists'? Terms that, based on your comment history, I am confident you have incorrectly defined in the extreme negative.
Define what you mean by 'Socialist'.
Define what you mean by 'Marxist'.
Illustrate the policies of Ds that you think are 'Socialist' or 'Marxist'.
The USA has been a mild social democracy since FDR. Does that mean we are 'socialist'? Does the fact that we are an extremely immersed capitalist nation raise any flag in your mind about the degree of socialism in this nation?
I believe that Nancy Pelosi made them all speak and act as one. The Socialists like AOC, Sanders and Mamdani lead the party, so tell me how in the world I could be wrong?
You are still speaking in terms of labels. Stop hiding behind vagueness. Define your terms:
Define what you mean by 'Socialist'.
Define what you mean by 'Marxist'.
Illustrate the policies of Ds that you think are 'Socialist' or 'Marxist'.
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AOC, Bernie Sanders and Mamdani have all described themselves as SOCIALISTS.
It is you who seem to disagree with them. Tell us why they are not what they claim to be.
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Yes, Vic, and you run with the labels.
It should be very fucking obvious that I am asking you to be specific rather than toss out overloaded labels that are essentially meaningless.
If you cannot even define your terms, then your comment is nothing but emotive rhetoric.
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The biggest tell about you is that you keep going back to the 1950's as your idyllic era. That was DIRECTLY the time before civil rights, womens rights, and gay rights. So the only conclusion that can be drawn is that you prefer a world without those rights. If that were not the case you could try and make your arguments without pining for the 1950's.
That is a very radical way of thinking.
You should address comments to the decent people you are speaking to.
I addressed my comments to the person who wrote the article. That is you isnt it?
Yup, I figured it out.
It is 'astonishing' to observe a Trump devotee complain about electing insane candidates. Trump is the worst PotUS in our lifetimes (and likely our history). Yet, one who supports and defends this traitorous, vindictive, irrational, irresponsible, incompetent, lawless psychopath dares to complain about others.
Trump is the current PotUS and continues to damage this nation. Before credibly criticizing others, one must first at least acknowledge the current, active, childish 800-lb gorilla trashing the room.
You should be more than astonished when Socialists and Communists and at least one Nazi are running for office on the democrat ticket.
You should be astonished when a young girl has her throat slashed on a commuter train and all the black passengers simply step over her to exit the train and the mayor says Well, she should have been more socially aware.
You should be astonished when millions of unvetted migrants were let into the country.
You should be astonished by the fraud attached to entitlements.
But you are not!
I am quite surprised that New York elected a socialist as mayor. So let's see what he does. The socialist label can mean so many different things that it is foolish to presume anything.
If someone is against public services then they will not approve of Mamdani. As with everything the specifics matter.
And when it comes to specifics we have a ton with Trump.
But, yet again, you run to anecdotes and exaggerations to fully deflect from the childish 800lb Trump gorilla trashing the room.
Trump is the biggest problem this nation faces, by far.
I am not. He is also an anti-Semite. Are you surprised at how much of the Jewish vote he got? (He got 33% of the city's Jewish vote.)
If someone is against public services then they will not approve of Mamdani. As with everything the specifics matter.
"Zohran Mamdani’s proposal to shift NYC’s property tax burden onto “whiter neighborhoods” has ignited a firestorm of accusations, legal threats, and deepening racial and class divides. As critics cry racism and supporters call it justice, the plan has become a political flashpoint in one of the city’s most volatile mayoral races in decades."
Zohran Mamdani: I Will Tax White Neighborhoods Higher, There Shouldn't B - JFeed
I'm not sure that "whites" are against public services. Maybe they won't like being on the hook for all of it.
And when it comes to specifics we have a ton with Trump.
Nope. Without radical insanity, you wouldn't be facing Trump.
And you keep deflecting away from Trump.
Trump is the sitting PotUS. He is an irresponsible, irrational, incompetent, vindictive, lawless, immoral, childish psychopath. He continues to damage our nation.
There is no other political figure who is even in the same league as Trump in terms of unfitness for office. And none of them can come close to damaging this nation as Trump has done and will continue to do until he is stopped.
Your support for Trump is irrational, irresponsible and unpatriotic. Think about that when you buy gas and groceries. And that is just for starters.
Actually, you keep trying to drag him into this.
Can't you defend the democrats?????
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most important of these institutions was academia: The university. It was there that 3 generations of Americans were brainwashed
and critically, it’s not by turning the professorate into a far left activist society. They controlled the educational schools within universities which means they’ve controlled the education, credentialing, of every licensed teacher in the us. Combined with designing the curriculum of public schools and they’ve captured the education of the vast majority of Americans from the moment they enter school. It makes their control of media and culture pale in contrast with regards to the power they have in creating an immersive culture that all Americans are enmeshed in.
and people think churches brainwash people…..
It is truly amazing that we let it happen.
What have the American people been brainwashed about ?
I think I am a pretty typical American male. I havent been brainwashed.
Brainwashed is supporting someone like Trump. There are literally hundreds of reasons that Trump is not fit for office. Not just president, any office. Yet you keep ignoring this monumental unfitness as if were meaningless compared to your complaints about the culture, teachers, and colleges.
Sean has acknowledged that Trump is not fit for office.
That does not change the core of your criticism, but I wanted to note that fact.
I do not agree that academia carries primary responsibility for the decline (near extinction?) of post-WWII American values. American values were killed by Bill Clinton's shift toward neoliberal, supply-side financialization of government and the economy. Bill Clinton and European technocrats elevated money above people. Under Clinton the performance of the stock markets took precedence over the job market. Clinton's governing philosophy was that money solved all problems.
During the 1970s through the 1990s private business began requiring college credentials as a requisite for employment. Not surprisingly there was a boom in business education at colleges and universities. That's what the private sector was demanding. But the business curricula was focused more on human resources, labor relations, and 'well rounded' business people than on financial manipulation. The focus for business education began to shift during the late 1990s toward money management and financial manipulation. Don't blame liberal arts for the fundamental changes in the economic foundation of society. The private sector did that with the help of 'finance friendly' government.
The irony is that George W. Bush was intending to reinvigorate the humanist values of post-WWII America. Bush's 'compassionate conservatism' was a push back against financialization. Unfortunately the Sept. 11 attacks drowned humanism in Newt Gingrich's bathtub. And the Sept. 11 attacks themselves were a result of Bill Clinton's dehumanizing policies and diplomacy.
The financial sector killed American humanist values of the post-WWII US. Neoliberal, supply-side financial manipulation is dehumanizing at its core. And, like it or not, Bill Clinton bears the most responsibility for allowing finance to become the governing priority of the United States.
There is a grain of truth in what you say, but there is no denying that the left took control of key institutions and that is what brought us to this point.
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