Reagan may have been a low point but we had an upward trend going. The Bushes were never as far right, and well counteracted by Clinton, Obama, and yes, Biden. There were rising stars for a better future, The Squad, Pete Buttigieg, etc. we were getting the payoffs from investments in efficiency, cleaner energy, building a new EV industry, a new Space industry, pandemic preparedness and public health, the hope of continued medical care reform. Acela was a game changer, cities finally started to build transit, and it finally seemed like high speed rail was coming. Society had never been more accepting of all sorts of non-traditional people. By so many measures our environment was getting cleaner, our health and nutrition getting better, we were kicking cigarettes after a long struggle, etc. we were a healthy influence on the world improving, acting together (ok, the Iraq thing is debatable)
Yeah, I’m not seeing that upward trend. And there’s a thousand other similar charts with various measures. The left has at best slowed our downfall for the past 50 years. There’s never been an actual improvement. This is why there’s decades and decades of Bernie videos warning us how a public policy is going to hurt the public, and then we do it anyway. It’s not like Bernie is some oracle, it’s just really damn obvious where we’re screwing up.
Reagan may have been a low point but we had an upward trend going. The Bushes were never as far right, and well counteracted by Clinton, Obama, and yes, Biden. There were rising stars for a better future, The Squad, Pete Buttigieg, etc. we were getting the payoffs from investments in efficiency, cleaner energy, building a new EV industry, a new Space industry, pandemic preparedness and public health, the hope of continued medical care reform. Acela was a game changer, cities finally started to build transit, and it finally seemed like high speed rail was coming. Society had never been more accepting of all sorts of non-traditional people. By so many measures our environment was getting cleaner, our health and nutrition getting better, we were kicking cigarettes after a long struggle, etc. we were a healthy influence on the world improving, acting together (ok, the Iraq thing is debatable)
https://home.treasury.gov/system/files/136/jy1708-Figure1.png
Yeah, I’m not seeing that upward trend. And there’s a thousand other similar charts with various measures. The left has at best slowed our downfall for the past 50 years. There’s never been an actual improvement. This is why there’s decades and decades of Bernie videos warning us how a public policy is going to hurt the public, and then we do it anyway. It’s not like Bernie is some oracle, it’s just really damn obvious where we’re screwing up.