We're seeing the results of how Trump inflamed many people on both sides. But Trump himself was a result of the growing inequities institutional leftism has sown into the boardrooms of establishments that must remain impartial for stable democracy. Universities and the media, which are relied upon to foster, demonstrate and promote critical thinking, have become bastions of leftist intolerance and censorship. The cancel culture embodies this and accusations of racism is the weapon of choice. Why should any person be given a stage, or a story reported accurately and fairly if it is to give credence to the evil of racism? Thus, the enemies of the left - racists - must be exorcised for the greater benefit of society.

Traditional hard leftists rallied against capitalism as the great evil. China has demonstrated that capitalism, and technology, meted out in controlled fashion can actually enhance communist control. America's left does not have that power, but you can be sure they have taken China's methods to heart. Schools are used to inculcate while social media and the MSM are used to control the message. While we obviously do not live in a society as Orwellian as China and the old USSR, the incrementalism is unmistakable. 

Trump was the pushback, and an effective one at that. While his personality turned many away from him, the message he represented is unmistakable. The left can only call so many black and brown skin people Uncle Toms and race traitors before the message begins to explode in their faces. This in turn leads to the dilution of the race card threat. It's my theory that we've seen the last great hurrah of the left's most powerful political cudgel, as Mikesez accurately put it. Local politics remain even-keeled in most places. The secret is to not let the AOCs dictate the conversation or let the media amplify selected messages without repudiation. Do what the left has done and fight your fight.

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