Many people still don’t understand why Donald Trump is now the President of the and what that’s probably going to mean. The single biggest takeaway from 2016 is that the political spectrum (in the US and Europe) is realigning. Right vs Left is dying. It won’t die completely but it’s falling into a coma where it’s liable to stay for a while.
The new alignment is still being worked out but the single biggest issue is Localism/Nationalism/Solidarity (LNS) vs Cosmopolitanism/Globalism/Diversity (CGD).
At present most of the momentum is on the LNS side and traditional right/conservatives have been very slightly ahead of the left/progressives in realizing what is going on. This makes it seem like this is a Rightwing movement but it’s…. not. The Indignados in Spain and Bernie Sanders are just as much LNS as Donald Trump. They’ve just been less successful because most of the left/progressives are still pursuing issues that have no…. resonance in the emerging new reality. Or they hold protests without issues.
It’s going to take years for a new status quo to finalize but that doesn’t mean that progressives have that much time. They need to figure out how rework their message or they’ll be left behind.
Clarification: I did not vote for (nor would I vote for) Donald Trump for president. I don’t think he will (or can) fulfill most of his campaign promises. I don’t think all his ideas are worth trying to accomplish. I do think he’s relatively sincere (for a politician).
-
Recent Posts
Recent Comments
Archives
- May 2022
- April 2022
- March 2022
- January 2022
- December 2021
- November 2021
- August 2021
- July 2021
- June 2021
- May 2021
- April 2021
- February 2021
- January 2021
- November 2020
- October 2020
- August 2020
- July 2020
- June 2020
- May 2020
- April 2020
- March 2020
- February 2020
- January 2020
- December 2019
- November 2019
- October 2019
- September 2019
- August 2019
- July 2019
- June 2019
- May 2019
- April 2019
- March 2019
- January 2019
- December 2018
- November 2018
- September 2018
- August 2018
- July 2018
- June 2018
- May 2018
- April 2018
- March 2018
- February 2018
- January 2018
- December 2017
- November 2017
- October 2017
- September 2017
- August 2017
- July 2017
- June 2017
- May 2017
- April 2017
- March 2017
- February 2017
- January 2017
- December 2016
- November 2016
- April 2011
Categories
Meta