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Divisiveness: the Great Prevarication
we’re told that the goal must always be to “see the other side” but what does this actually mean?
As we come to the close of the 2020 election cycle with the nomination of President-Elect Joe Biden, many are celebrating the first bit of hope they’ve had in an increasingly difficult year. But for those on the Progressive left, hope is also a cause for concern — because hope can lead to complacency. Because so many people are desperate for a “return to normal” without really understanding what “normal” is and why it’s accepted as such. If things return to normal, the immense problems underlying the global society will continue to ferment like old yogurt until a point of dangerous critical mass is reached and things turn from bad to much, much worse.
At the same time, others from within the US Democrat political party are concerned for another reason: if the Progressives continue to dig in their heels about things like the environment, medicare for all, universal basic income, and “taxing the rich” it will alienate the people in the so-called “center” of the political sphere — and, more importantly, alienate the powerful private interests that fund the Democrats each election cycle.
For Progressives, the rhetoric from the inner-party pundits is expected and yet deeply…
