America won't be far beind.
Well funny thing about where i live, B.C. the most conservative party is called the Liberal Party, it's the Liberals and the Socialists...
So I think America is still a good 1/4 century behind Canada in terms of self-destruction. At least the right wing still has the majority, and people still have some common sense left.
"America won't be far beind."
I worked for a very large American company for 30 years. There came a day when we had mandatory meetings during which the big boss discussed, among other things, promotion criteria. He handed out binders which included what he had to say, namely, if you were a white, straight, male you should just forget it; you would not be considered because there was a need to increase the number of minorities in higher levels of management. Shortly thereafter, I was very happy to take early retirement! Even now, almost 5 years later, I have NO regrets.
We are not far behind, in fact we led the pack!
Lyndon Johnson instituted affirmative action in the mid-60s in federal programs, and Richard Nixon institutionalized it soon after.
In the dim recesses of my mind I recall a directive of Jimmy Carter's ordering that, in the interests of saving money, some governmental agencies were directed to fire all incompetents, "except women and minorities"!