Do you think that some groups on the left are actively trying to destroy the United States?

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[–][deleted] 7 insightful - 1 fun7 insightful - 0 fun8 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

I think consume too much anti-left media if you feel the left is all the same. How about saidit's lefties who haven't posted a single damn thing in support of BLM but instead choose to talk about the police? How about all of the Bernie 2016 supporters who bailed for Trump? How about all of the Green party supporters "throwing away" their votes to vote against war?

[–]Chipit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Yeah, I know the view from inside the left, it's a mess of factions. But there is the maxim, "no friends to the right, no enemies to the left" to serve as a guide. The right has no similar idea. This results in the left going further and further left all the time, up until we get the insanity we have today.

The one thing that everyone agrees on is that the right is The Other. That's the source of today's polarization problems. In 1973, all six major US class segments were centrist. Over the next 35 years, five of the segments moved slightly to the right, but "Intellectual Upper Class" moved far out to the left. See:

https://www.aei.org/publication/the-white-house-and-the-pauline-kael-syndrome/

https://heterodoxacademy.org/2016/01/09/professors-moved-left-but-country-did-not/

[–][deleted] 5 insightful - 1 fun5 insightful - 0 fun6 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Nice links. I've never heard this maxim before, interesting that I'd hear it from a non-leftist for the first time. The media/extreme left is going further left, but that doesn't mean half of the country is genuinely along for the ride. The rural dems are not on the same page as the city folk.

Maybe you'd have better luck trying to flip moderates rather than demonize them.

[–]Chipit 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

http://www.politicalresearch.org/2015/03/05/drawing-lines-against-racism-and-fascism#

This is a pretty typical snippet of the "no friends to the right, no enemies to the left" view. You should be familiar with most of its arguments.

[–]magnora7 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Amen! Preach it brother