Is the Left Happy That They Got Their Wish?
American Greatness,
by
Victor Davis Hanson
Original Article
Posted By: DW626,
9/25/2023 1:21:41 PM
America has been in a veritable cultural revolution since the 1960s. Nearly all our major institutions finally became woke—the administrative state, traditional and social media, universities, K-12, the corporate boardroom, entertainment, professional sports, and the foundations.
So the Obama and the Biden administrations finally seemed to have achieved their aims, in what the Obamas once boasted would be the “fundamental transformation” of America into something unrecognizable by its Founders. But what they gave us was nihilism—the destruction of norms, laws, and customs. There is no border, no criminal justice system, no real president any more.
Reply 1 - Posted by:
marbles 9/25/2023 1:32:01 PM (No. 1563192)
The higher ups that engineered this, yes. Their only complaint is that we're on to their sell out of America.
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Reply 2 - Posted by:
Vaquero45 9/25/2023 1:39:01 PM (No. 1563195)
Thanks, OP. This is the “must read” of the day.
I especially liked VDH’s line about people believing in their warped ideology right up to the first shots of their own firing squads.
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Reply 3 - Posted by:
weirdone 9/25/2023 2:01:42 PM (No. 1563202)
Killing the American Dream
Since Joe Biden took office in January 2020 the U.S. money supply has increased over 32% and the inflation rate has risen every month he has been in office. Overall inflation has now reached nearly 20%.
Interest rates continue to rise with little effect on inflation.
The National Debt on January 1, 2020, was 26 trillion dollars, it is now rapidly approaching 34 trillion dollars and is reported to consume nearly 50% of GDP under the current interest rates.
A Budget short fall of 1.4 trillion dollars is predicted for 2023.
Gasoline prices have doubled, and food is up over 20%.
Credit card debt has reached over 1 trillion dollars, an- all time- high, and can only increase due tothe current economic disaster.
Mortgage interest rates are rapidly approaching 8%.
The Biden Administration having given Ukraine 104 billion dollars in aid continues to throw money down that rat hole while ignoring domestic disasters like the devastating fires in Hawaii and the chemical spill in East Palestine OH.
If these statistics don't scare the hell out of you and make you fear for your country and its future, there is something wrong with your perspective of the current conditions.
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Reply 4 - Posted by:
Italiano 9/25/2023 2:21:09 PM (No. 1563209)
When you know that God is in control and where the world is headed, regardless of whether we like it or if Trump is re-elected, you can view all of this with some detached amusement. Otherwise…
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Reply 5 - Posted by:
Quigley 9/25/2023 2:46:39 PM (No. 1563222)
What continues to amaze me is that there are middle class adults who do not get paid by the Dim Apparatus who continue to loath Trump and adore Dims. And I guess they will until the equivalent of the first shots of their own firing squads, whether it be financial or societal unraveling. How can that be? Hopefully there’s something wonderful about the Dims I’m too biased to see.
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Reply 6 - Posted by:
raspberry 9/25/2023 2:55:50 PM (No. 1563228)
"Nearly all our major institutions finally became woke—the administrative state, traditional and social media, universities, K-12, the corporate boardroom, entertainment, professional sports, and the foundations."
He left out the churches. Many are in self-destruct mode now.
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Reply 7 - Posted by:
VietVet68 9/25/2023 3:03:00 PM (No. 1563230)
The left is never happy and will never be happy. When people who disagree with the left are in reeducation camps, or failing to reeducate... the gulags, they still won't be happy. At that point, in total control of everything, they'll turn on their own. It's just who they are.
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Reply 8 - Posted by:
walcb 9/25/2023 3:18:16 PM (No. 1563242)
Yes, we live in an s-hole country but it is not bad enough yet.
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Reply 9 - Posted by:
bpl40 9/25/2023 3:20:30 PM (No. 1563245)
The only thing they regret is the 4 year diversion under Trump.
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Reply 10 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/25/2023 4:01:08 PM (No. 1563285)
I don't know. The two left-leaning friends that I once had who favored Biden and his coming Clown Show over Trump's mean tweets have quietly stopped speaking to me and slithered away.
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Reply 11 - Posted by:
Strike3 9/25/2023 4:05:09 PM (No. 1563288)
Good point on America's churches, #6. If they had been faithful to the Bible and resisted the communist takeover by their own government, they would have become stronger than ever and been overflowing with members right now. By siding with the devil they are destroying themselves.
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Reply 12 - Posted by:
kennedylaw 9/25/2023 5:59:17 PM (No. 1563355)
They just claim it is Trump's fault.
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Reply 13 - Posted by:
mifla 9/26/2023 4:29:45 AM (No. 1563543)
The left keeps forgetting that after they tear everything down, they have to live in the same world as the rest of us.
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Reply 14 - Posted by:
czechlist 9/26/2023 8:31:26 AM (No. 1563633)
90 years ago Germans, Japanese and Italians believed they were the righteous but there is no benevolent people to rebuild America
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Reply 15 - Posted by:
jimincalif 9/26/2023 9:15:18 AM (No. 1563669)
Of course they’re not happy. Their main purpose in life is to find things to be unhappy about so they can prescribe solutions that make them feel good about themselves, whether they actually work or not is never examined.
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Reply 16 - Posted by:
spiderman 9/26/2023 11:11:05 AM (No. 1563762)
Speaking of the Bible, God says when a Nation turns it's face from Him He will allow foreign lands to take it over. just food for thought
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Reply 17 - Posted by:
Zigrid 9/26/2023 12:11:59 PM (No. 1563811)
Victor Davis Hanson is a treasure...and calls the shots spot on....as a survivor of the boomer generation and the feminism movement...I could see where WE were heading...boomers...mostly...were and are in the middle of this self serving time...remember when Clinton went to Russia to demonstrate against America....and gloria steinem told women to leave their husbands and rule their own houses...of course that's what she said...but...when she got old and alone ...she stole another woman's husband and children....hypocrites all of these woke fools....
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Reply 18 - Posted by:
PrayerWarrior 9/26/2023 1:24:12 PM (No. 1563850)
#11 Good point. Had coffee this morning with a Christian friend and we both lamented about the condition of the American church. No longer do they point out sin in most churches. It's I'm o.k. and you're o.k. And sermons are feel good sermons.
No sermons that address real problems, whether they are social, personal, or societal. Thus, the American churches have lost their salt and are not a threat to the Commies in control of our govt. The American churches of the American Civil War Era were the churches who fought slavery in their sermons (Black Robe Regimens) and were instrumental in winning the War. Where are those ministers today? What do you call a Rino in the Pulpit?
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Reply 19 - Posted by:
Omen55 9/26/2023 4:34:50 PM (No. 1563933)
When this reaches critical mass it'll really get ugly.
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Reply 20 - Posted by:
Geoman 9/26/2023 6:37:34 PM (No. 1563986)
Re: #11 - A blanket statement that churches have not been faithful to the Bible is unwarranted. Churches, made up of some professional staff and congregants are as individual as are people. There are still a lot of good folks attending good churches, even though many churches, their leadership and followers tend to drink a bit too much from the Woke cup. God doesn't abandon those who faithfully gather in his name.
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