Demonization does not address our problems
There is a lot to be angry about
The concentration of wealth and power skewing the playing field. The ultra wealthy and well-connected appear to be above the law, while the little person struggles to get by. Real wages stagnant or declining, even as the ultra wealthy see their fortunes surge by up to $36 billion IN ONE DAY!
So why are people getting angry about the trivial things?
Wokeism and political correctness are irritating, ludicrous, and completely out of hand. But also relatively trivial in the grand scheme of things. The rising embrace/acceptance of authoritarianism, the threat posed by autocrats in Russia and China, inflation, crime, climate change, the risks posed by AI — these are all critical threats. We shouldn’t be wasting our time debating Dr. Seuss books or putting an end to daylight savings.
But dividing us and stoking anger by demonizing “the other side” (giving them names like “Libtards”) is not only unproductive but also destructive.
There is one key difference between today’s parties
The assumption that most people with differing viewpoints are ill-intentioned is absurd. But there is a keydifference between the two parties — it’s just not what the outrage machine claims.
Both Trump and Biden took classified documents when they left the WH. (Of course, the number of documents was vastly different (300 for Trump vs. 6 for Biden), and Trump actively sought to obstruct the return of those documents, while Biden cooperated.)
So Merrick Garland appointed Special Prosecutors to investigate BOTH parties.
Similarly, both Jared Kushner and Hunter Biden traded in their father’s influence for money. (Of course, Jared Kushner was in the government and acting as a shadow chief of staff for Trump, while Hunter was a troubled drug addict who was nowhere near the WH, let alone having national security clearance.)
The GOP’s Committee on the Weaponization of government is only going after Hunter Biden, while completely ignoring Jared Kushner’s $2 billion deal with the Saudis the day after he left office. (Good reporting from Murdoch’s NYPost here).
