renard_ruse
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It won't sit well with those of you wedded to your existing notions of left vs. right, and to the Rorys, etc, who see everything as a demographic oppression issue, but I predict we are seeing a very profound realignment of American, and maybe even western politics in general.
I can make a good case that Trump is farther left on many issues than Hillary and the current Democrat establishment. On economics, on foreign policy, perhaps on some other issues as well, one can argue Trump is farther left or at least is heading that direction.
Trump dispatched the GOP establishment wing, the neo-con wing, and the Cruz wing to a lesser extent, so easily. It was like cutting through butter when you consider he was an outsider, with no electoral experience and just mowed them all down one by one. Clearly their time was done.
In 2018 and 2020, you can expect to see more and more little Trumps popping up for other offices. I don't see how the establishment and neo-con wings can survive, they will probably gradually melt into the Democrats. The Cruz/Tea Party wing is not really large enough to survive on its own and I don't see them joining the Dems, they will probably have no choice but to be a minor partner with whatever succeeds the Trump movement.
I think we will see a new patriotic left movement emerge on the right, and a neo-conservative establishment movement on the left, and eventually shift places on the spectrum.
I can make a good case that Trump is farther left on many issues than Hillary and the current Democrat establishment. On economics, on foreign policy, perhaps on some other issues as well, one can argue Trump is farther left or at least is heading that direction.
Trump dispatched the GOP establishment wing, the neo-con wing, and the Cruz wing to a lesser extent, so easily. It was like cutting through butter when you consider he was an outsider, with no electoral experience and just mowed them all down one by one. Clearly their time was done.
In 2018 and 2020, you can expect to see more and more little Trumps popping up for other offices. I don't see how the establishment and neo-con wings can survive, they will probably gradually melt into the Democrats. The Cruz/Tea Party wing is not really large enough to survive on its own and I don't see them joining the Dems, they will probably have no choice but to be a minor partner with whatever succeeds the Trump movement.
I think we will see a new patriotic left movement emerge on the right, and a neo-conservative establishment movement on the left, and eventually shift places on the spectrum.