(Why) The Resistance is Losing – Bad Words – Medium
The Muslim ban is in effect. The info shock-troops are attacking journalists daily. There are open calls for violence from major national institutions like the NRA. Hate crimes are spiking.
Sorry. But: the resistance is losing. And it is losing badly.
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I've seen several articles like this lately. And while they all claim to have (finally) figured out why people are rejecting Democrats, they all get it wrong in the same way:
Authoritarianism rises in societies with broken social contracts, that are failing the average person. That’s America, where average incomes have shrunk in real terms since the 1970s. Broken social contracts reflect failed institutions. They mean that democracy isn’t working — political institutions aren’t working. They mean that real economic value isn’t being created and shared — financial institutions aren’t working. They mean that human potential is stuck and withering — social institutions like media and education and healthcare aren’t working. Thus, a social contract in its entirety comes to be broken.
Democrats can't seem to let go of socialism as their core product. And they can't seem to get it through their heads that most Americans aren't socialists. They can't bear to recognize that Americans don't want a nanny-state, hovering over their shoulder at every turn. And until they do, they're going to keep losing.