While there is massive global interest in the outcome of the American election. In reality the rest of the world doesn’t get a vote and it will come down to a few small swing states that decide it. A flawed system that has been in place since post-civil war which discounts the popular vote and allows smaller populated states to carry more weight in determining outcomes with both federal and presidential elections. What is also unfortunate that all of America’s adversaries recognise this as America’s Achillies heal and a golden opportunity when targeting social media feeds with propaganda in order to create social disharmony in a country they wish to see fail. After all they have the Fox news organisation as their benchmark, which has also been doing the same thing for decades turning lies into monetary value. In other words, conservatism has done very little in terms of positive outcomes for the people who vote for them, with one small exception the top ten percent income earners. They have helped the rich to get richer and the poor to get poorer but that is where it stops. So, let’s just look at how Conservatism has improved America in the past fifty years. As a quick starting point it should be noted that since 1933 Democratic administrations have delivered roughly double the economic growth compared to Republican administrations over that time period. Currently the Biden administration has the strongest economic growth of any country in terms of employment and economic performance. But you would never hear that on Fox news, they would rather eat dirt. They won’t tell you the rest of the world is doing it much harder than they are. Except they will complain about inflation and the price of gas but decline to mention all of it’s trade competitors pays double for the price of gas than what the US consumer pays. It was the same when Obama was in office, Fox kept pumping out how bad he was while the rest of the world thought differently. This is the disconnect from reality the MAGA movement has, believing the USA can remain an island totally removed from global market forces and conflicts with no impact on them. The reason universal health care has never been adopted in the US to match all of it’s competitors is only due to conservatism. The reason USA pays more than anyone else for prescription medications is because of conservatism always backing big pharma over the people who vote for them. That is until the Biden adminstration started to change all of that. Its also conservatism that screams “socialism” any time low-income citizens are proposed to receive a government benefit yet fail to see the hypocrisy when gov bails out big business or grants tax cuts to the rich. The reason the USA has more people living in poverty than any of their western competitors is because of conservatism. The reason there is not equal justice for all in the USA like in all other democratic countries is due to conservatism. The reason elections are not decided by the popular vote is because of conservatism. The reason more people died in the USA in terms of ratio to population than anywhere else in the world during covid is because of conservatism. The reason USA has more gun deaths & mass shootings than any country on earth is because of conservatism. The reason you have to tip service workers due to the min pay rates being way below the poverty line is because of conservatism. The reason for extreme weather events that America & the world suffers from now with 50 yrs of inaction on climate change is due to conservatism. This is just the short list of examples on how conservative ideology represents a clear and present danger not only to America but to the survival of mankind as well. An ideology so out of sync with modern world problems trying to always resurrect 1950s (the white mad men era) while everyone else has moved on. Smart political movements learn from history along with acquired knowledge that comes from science and human endeavour in order to survive and prosper while still promoting social harmony as a goal. When you create massive wealth gaps in your population that is never going to promote social harmony, it’s a recipe for disorder and division. Hopefully the new momentum with Harris will continue and bring about sweeping changes that is needed. Conservatism in the US really needs a good hard look in the mirror in terms of moral and ethical behaviour. A party totally bankrupt in practical policies, a one trick pony only offering insults, anger, lies and fear as a platform. Team that up with those so-called Christians who put aside their moral beliefs in order to walk the same path. After all they have put their faith in the craziest, corrupt, most stupid man in America whose record would not allow him to qualify for a cleaning job in a shopping mall yet decide on him as their pick for president. Keeping in mind though, Trump represents the current Republican party values in every way, a party built on lies, corruption & conspiracies, running on empty.
Footnote: Since the Democratic convention & the debate it has become clear that this election is about intellect vs ignorance & lies or the People vs Republicans. In the MAGA world where they choose to live in the “The Trueman show” universe as opposed to the real world is kind of sad but also very dangerous, because it’s a world that only exists due to deception and has done so for the past 50 yrs. If you have to distract your base with absurdities like illegals eating your pets then you know the social media algorithm for idiots is working way beyond expectations. Especially for some of the tech gurus who have fallen under the same spell that can sometimes come from their own creation Part 2 here: