Quote Originally Posted by drillerpie View Post
I agree witht thenidea that socially we've moved to the left and economically to the right.

I think the move to the left reached a peak during the Covid / George Floyd era. Defund the police, effectively decriminalise theft under a certain amount (is it 1000 usd?), allowing city centres to become homeless encampments, same day release after arrest, judicial reparations, obsession with DEI. All of these things are bat **** mental and helped re-elect Trump.

A good example of a longer term shift is the stigma around opposing immigration. Opposing or at least having reservations over large scale immigration is (or can be, depends how it's done) a perfectly reasonable position but was stigmatised, and it became the default position to accuse the person of being a closet racist for airing their concerns.

That has shifted people to the right as they are the only people articulating people's concerns. The parties they have found new homes in are parties that used to be ignored by pretty much everyone and get low single digits at the polls. I think we need to reflect on this.
Haliluja, someone gets it!!!!!!!!!!