Pendulum Swings

Right now, I'm mostly satisfied about the direction of the country.  President Trump has kept many if not all of his promises.  But it's not the political shift that I like the most.

Culturally, we're getting away from Wokeness, a scourge on this country unlike any other we've ever faced.  Trans people mass illegal immigration being accepted, criminal acts excused by sociology and the suppression of free speech are things that should never have existed.  The acceptance of these things, even to society's detriment, was unthinkable when I was growing up, but the Left, operating on what Karen calls the "feels," has perverted society almost to the point that this country was unrecognizable.

So while I support the return to more normal values, I do worry.

Much of the angst from the Left uses certain words:  Fascism, oligarchy, patriarchy, Nazi.  These terms are wildly misused, often to the point of being projection, but the drumbeat from the Left almost never excludes the terms or uses them correctly.

Still, I worry.  

The charge of fascism from the Left is wrong, as is the term Nazi.  But for anyone who has an iota of understanding of history, it's not impossible to see a future where the current trend in our society devolves into either.  Sure, the situation in 1933 Germany isn't exactly the same as what we have here.  The Versailles Treaty had brought Germany to its knees.  We aren't in the same situation by any means.

But if the young turks on the Right insist on expanding their power, it could happen that fascism could breed Nazis.  I could see it happening, unfortunately, although I don't think I'd see it in my lifetime.  And if it did happen, it would be every bit as bad, if not worse, as Antifa is now.

President Trump is more of a populist than he is a Republican.  I'm not sure where JD Vance is on the spectrum.  But President Trump is only in office for three more years.  Right now, no one seems interested in expanding MAGA beyond what it is.

But if history teaches us anything, the more we ignore history the likelier we are to repeat it.

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