Like a lot of things, I would blame a lot of our problems (not having nice things) on the political left transitioning from a movement centered around economic issues and the working to lower classes to one that is almost entirely about identity politics and re-distribution of power and wealth along those lines. It framed traditional rules and norms around personal conduct as oppressive to the minority and fringe populations the left prizes most and the result is an incredible degradation in our culture, care for the commons, and public and personal conduct. Add to that the quite obviously deliberate efforts to change the racial demographics of the country through mass immigration, and we have perhaps a lower trust society than at any point in our history and no dominant culture.
I am not comfortable with all of the rhetoric or actions that come with Trumpism, but it's preferable to what I believe we'd be subjected to under progressive governance, whose excesses are worse in my estimation.
Like a lot of things, I would blame a lot of our problems (not having nice things) on the political left transitioning from a movement centered around economic issues and the working to lower classes to one that is almost entirely about identity politics and re-distribution of power and wealth along those lines. It framed traditional rules and norms around personal conduct as oppressive to the minority and fringe populations the left prizes most and the result is an incredible degradation in our culture, care for the commons, and public and personal conduct. Add to that the quite obviously deliberate efforts to change the racial demographics of the country through mass immigration, and we have perhaps a lower trust society than at any point in our history and no dominant culture.
I am not comfortable with all of the rhetoric or actions that come with Trumpism, but it's preferable to what I believe we'd be subjected to under progressive governance, whose excesses are worse in my estimation.