” Politics goes in cycles. The pendulum swings one way, and it comes back the other way.”
Not from where I sit. Politics is not a pendulum, it is a ratchet. Tyranny advances, then is slowed. Then tyranny advances some more, before it is slowed again. then it advances some more...
Tyranny is never reversed by the political process. The size, scope, power, and influence of The Collective grows inexorably until it collapses of its own weight or is supplanted by a revolution.
Not pessimism, just simple observation. It’s not what I want, but it is what is.
If we judge political success by the advancement of an Agenda, then the Left is basically undefeated as their agenda of collectivism and cultural marxism has been advancing unhindered for more than a century, slowed only by the Coolidge and Reagan Administrations.
I believe that in a number of ways, the Left had it’s agenda rolled back by Ronald Reagan. I know that in some ways it continued on too, so I’m not making the case that across the board it was rolled back.
Reagan did what he could with a Democrat House and Senate.
With a Republican House and Senate, things could be rolled back of only they would.
I concede that in our lifetimes things have progressed along the goals of the Left.
Reagan did rebuild our military. He did clean out the nest of communists in the Western Hemisphere in Central America. He did help to bring down the Evil Empire.
Reagan also brought back the ability to be proud of our nation. Under Carter is was not fashionable any longer. Hopefully someone can do this again after Obama.
For the most part, I do agree with the idea the Left is not rolled back. Sometimes it is, and the potential is there.
In 2016, if we play our cards right, we could see a massive roll-back. If we get the House and Senate, and we get a strong fire in the belly Conservative, decades of Leftist agenda could be reversed.
Now, what is job one before 2016? It’s getting folks primed to go Conservative, and getting a candidate for the Presidency, that gets it.
I understand where you’re coming from, and I’m not here to say you’re totally wrong. We’ve been going in the wrong direction for a long time.
Generally Republicans can’t reverse the trend. Hopefully ours will.
Last sentence was intended to read:
Generally Republics can’t reverse the trend. Hopefully ours will.