One of the major causes of why America has lurched so far left is that states like California, Illinois, Michigan, Massachusetts and New York made “communism” chic and acceptable instead of repulsive and unacceptable.
Communist propaganda, aided and protected by so-called “free speech” liberals, has been infused into the American educational and so-called intellectual systems and minds since the 1930’s. This is especially true in Hollywood.
Also, the media has turned from being professional and inquisitive to being downright corrupt and incompetent, as well as becoming a part of the Democratic Party (you really can bribe the news media if you know how to do it).
Look at the crap on TV, in the movies, in some music, in the newspapers and in the school books and you’ll know what I mean. Anti-American, all the time, whenever possible.
If it weren’t for groups like Accuracy in Media, Accuracy in Academica, a few conservative academic organizations, Andrew Breitbart/Newsbusters, Glenn Beck (Fox TV show) and the Media Research Center, you wouldn’t have the documentation available to see what has happened to the media since the early 1960’s.
I say this as a former card-carrying journalist (pro-America, Vietnam and Cambodia), Congress, the streets, etc.
The journalists of today have about as much training in ethics, good judgment, balance and patriotism as Charles Manson had in table manners.
That pretty much the way it is. Our universities were neural 30 years ago. Now the liberal arts department are liberal, Marxist and feminazi dominated. Same holds true for our NGO sector and major charities and foundations. Lesbian and feminazi controlled