07-22-2017, 08:41 PM
(07-22-2017, 08:24 PM)SunsetBengal Wrote: Correct, and many are also center-left. Meaning that there is still more that unites most of us than divides. Now, if only we could get our elected officials to realize that they are also all Americans, not just Left Wing or Right Wing, and start moving forward for the general good, things would be much better for all of us.
There are a couple of issues at play. The first is that a lot of people don't understand that the prevailing forces in the Democratic party is neo-Liberalism, and the Republican party it is neo-Conservatism. Both are roughly center-right. Social liberalism, what you see myself and some others on here espouse, is center-left. Of course, we are seen as just left to most, and far left to some others. The perspective in this country is skewed in this regard.
The other issue is that the majority of people, in my experience, don't truly hold to an ideology but more accurately have a series of ad-hoc opinions on issues that are formed at the time their opinion is being asked and can often change depending on who, how, or when the question is being asked. This makes it very difficult to really get into those sorts of conversations about things.
"A great democracy has got to be progressive, or it will soon cease to be either great or a democracy..." - TR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
"The test of our progress is not whether we add more to the abundance of those who have much; it is whether we provide enough for those who have too little." - FDR
