The Political Right needs the Left
We need them, but do they need us? Doesn't sound like it based on how they are talking. But why? Because we're not in Kansas anymore, Dorothy.
As the bald eagle needs both of its wings to fly, the American Left and Right desperately need each other for the system to function as intended. This is a simple yet crucial notion. Together, both parties move the system forward. You can also think of it as the cowboy’s whip and reins. His whip represents the Left, constantly striking the horse and challenging it to go further, faster. The cowboy’s reins represent the Right, heedfully guiding the the horse back on course.
The system is brilliant
At its best the Left is creative and known for pushing society forward by adding new fresh ideas while breaking old, outdated ones. The Left also protects people who might be discriminated against, who are left without a place in the hierarchies of society. For this reason, the left is thought of as the “humanist” party, the “party of the people”, and the party for civil rights.
At its best the Right gives importance to fundamental pillars that built society, such as family, hierarchies, and boundaries (the same pillars also prove necessary in biological, evolutionary and psychological domains). The Right protects tradition, and thus the foundational pillars of society and culture that built the society we all call home.
The dark side
At its worst the Left attacks crucial traditional values, often prioritizing more thoughtless, negligent and depraved ones. One example of this are “soft on crime” laws, such as those advocated by San Francisco’s recalled District Attorney, Chesa Boudin. His unwillingness to crack down on drug crimes has steadily increased crime in San Francisco, mainly burglaries and homicides.
The Left often hide’s self-serving and malign motives under the guise of morality, “for the greater good”. It’s positioned to view all opinions, concepts and cultures as undoubtedly equal, often neglecting the importance of qualifying key differences between them, discouraging free discussion. If we study history we’ll learn that this often leads to cataclysmic results. Popular examples of this are the Left’s defense of child drag shows happening across the country, as well as the children’s books being found at public schools containing heterosexual, homosexual and transsexual pornographic content. In both situations, Children have been exposed to pornographic and overtly sexualized adult content.
Now, of course the Right has a dark side too. At its worst it can dismiss and deprave anyone who isn’t inside the valued hierarchy. The Right’s rigidity and inability to recognize it can lead to a society that feels outdated, inhumane & heartless, and can exclude outsiders to the extent they aren’t given an opportunity to thrive. One might argue overturning Roe v Wade did this, whereby women’s lack of choice prevents her from choosing a career or other life path aside from mothering their child.
As Americans we’ve been having some of these arguments for years, decades, some even since our Nation’s birth! Some say that, it’s insane we’re still arguing about some of these views, and that federal mandates should be used to force citizens to comply with certain things like abortion, soft on crime laws, inadequately tested vaccines and other issues, “for the greater good”.
But the entire point of our liberal democracy is to limit the use of force by the government onto citizens. The United States government is unique because both bodies in the legislature (the House and the Senate) are equally powerful, unlike other Republics such as France and Italy who have honorific (effectively powerless) Senates. In the USA the dueling nature of these legislative bodies is know as the independence of the judiciary, and it’s the precise reason why we’re still here, alive, 276 years later. The independence of the judiciary allows us to debate highly contentious issues without the need to kill each other. How? Legislative gridlock. Our founding father’s believed that if the gridlock from legislation is the thorn in our side, things are going pretty good. In fact, that gridlock actually protects minority groups and ideas which are outside the system. Because in a liberal democracy, citizen minority groups can build coalitions, gain power within the legislative bodies and VOTE to slow down or prevent opposing measures from being passed. That increases the chance for eventual negotiation or compromise, and ultimately makes “good & fair legislation” more likely to get passed. In the history of governance, this process is sacred, and no other nation has it to the degree it’s seen in America. This is literally America’s secret sauce, and most young people today are completely clueless about it.
“We are lucky to be building on the achievements of our ancestors, and the important thing is to maintain them and to not throw them away” - Roger Scruton
It’s clear that both sides need each other for the system to effectively work. But does the Left agree? The traditional Left might (classical Liberals), but the modern day Democratic party wouldn’t. I say this because in Joe Biden’s September 1st, 2022 National Address entitled “Battle for the Soul of the Nation”, he labeled more than 75 million American’s who voted for Donald Trump as “extremists”, who are “out for carnage”, and who “are a threat to the very foundation of our Republic.” This language isn’t appropriate, because we are a two-party system where opposing political views is entirely normal. Joe Biden and his master’s are upset Trump carved out the majority of the Republican Party into the new America First party, which has compromised the legacy establishment’s monopoly of the political landscape (think Rhino Republicans + Democrats 4 life) , and are therefore resorting to now labeling their opponents as extremists in hopes it will sway people away from supporting them. What’s truly evident in all of this is their despiration. A message to you Joe, your national address red-pilled millions of people around the world. Are you ready for the red wave in November?