Are there more than two sexes? Can releasing criminals from jail result in safer streets? Will homes be heated and goods shipped if 80% of our energy supply is cut off? Is it safe to ignore very real threats from abroad?
Those issues are vital, but they do not dominate much of our national conversation. Instead, a panoply of false claims and artificial disputes grab the headlines and the lion’s share of the news. The reason for that absurdity is to distract from the clear and manifest failure of leftist policies on the true challenges of our current time.
The philosophy espoused by the Left has, for a century, resulted in dire economic misery, mass deaths, and an almost total loss of freedom. That is why its proponents have chosen the path of illogic, dissembling, and pretending that past conflicts still exist.
That strategy works well when most of the media and academia are on your side. Those pointing out the obvious are ridiculed, labelled with insulting terms, denied opportunities, and censored.
There is abundant evidence of leftist failure.
Do you recall life in America two years ago? Gasoline averaged $2.60 a gallon. Inflation was 1.23%. The Russians had been kept within their borders for four years. The North Koreans had pulled back from nuclear and missile testing. The Middle East was experiencing a rare moment of significantly improved relations, thanks to U.S. diplomacy. The U.S. military was focusing on protecting the nation, not engaging in “woke” politics. The Army had met its recruiting goals. Illegal crossings at the U.S. southern border had declined by 53% over 2019. Total crossings were the lowest since 2017.
After just under two years of leftist domination of American politics, gasoline is $3.86 a gallon. Inflation is 7.7%. The Russians have invaded Ukraine. The Taliban now has $7.7 billion worth of U.S. military equipment. The North Koreans are vigorously firing off missiles and appear to be ready to restart nuclear testing. The U.S. Army came 15,000 soldiers short of meeting its 2022 recruiting goals, making the year the worst on record since the services switched to an all-volunteer force nearly 50 years ago The Biden White House has restarted discredited attempts to censor free speech. Under that Administration, illegal immigration has reached historic highs. Its media allies urgently downplay extraordinary scenes of large numbers of military-age males waving flags charging across the border and assaulting border patrol personnel.
Not all issues revolve around Washington. Two areas that were and continue to be dominated by the left, education and city management, highlight the disastrous impact of its failed policies.
“Bail Reform” has unleashed a massive crime wave. Taking just one jurisdiction as an example, New York City, crime increased an average of 20.05%.
Leftist domination of America’s public education has produced failure on an epic level. The United States invests more in K-12 public education than almost all other developed countries, yet U.S. students remain poorly prepared to compete with global peers.
This litany of deteriorating statistics in key areas should have resulted in a national conversation on the failure of the Left, but this has not occurred. Instead, those raising wholly reasonable objections to the drive to end fossil fuel use are dismissed as “Climate deniers.” Outraged parents complaining about failing schools are labelled “domestic terrorists.” Those presenting statistics about bail reform’s overt failure, and Russia’s largest-in-the world nuclear arsenal or China’s largest-in-the world Navy, are ignored.
False narratives are created and highlighted. Absurd political claims are madw that voting for anyone other than a leftist is a threat to democracy. Ideologically corrupt officials seek to turn the population against itself, pitting blacks against whites, woman versus men, straight against gay. Grievances long since resolved are advertised as though they were current.
This is a massive recipe for failure, on a scale never before seen in American History. The future of the nation depends on shattering these ridiculous illusions.
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