Obama has probably done lasting harm to this country. He has undermined the political process through his executive orders and through the massive fortification of the administrative apparatus, practically making it a fourth branch of government. He has sown division and contempt for law throughout our society and has shown that government favoritism, no longer individual effort, is the way to success. And he has governed as a celebrity rather than a political figure.
Trump promises more of the same, although favoring a different group, and the author’s question is whether this will make liberals rethink their approval of the new Obama all-powerful central state. I don’t think it will. The fact that Trump attracts a lot of Democrat voters indicates that they don’t care; for one thing, he has no conservative positions that might scare them away. He’s neither socially or politically nor economically conservative. So they see this as more of the same but perhaps favoring them (if they’re white) this time, it’s not going to make them reexamine the whole concept.
I think that unless we by some miracle get someone who believes in the pre-Obama political system and is strong enough to fight for it, we’ve basically gone over to the model of the European strong central state with a massive welfare program and deep control over individual lives. Although with Trump it would possibly be even worse, because it would be headed by an unstable, unpredictable demagogue who has already had the example of 8 years of this and would be inheriting the power consolidated by Obama.
An other emotion based “assessment” based on building a fake strawman image of Trump that exists no where but the feverish imagination of the poster.
Exactly.
If what you say is true then I guess the founding fathers weren't conservative either.
Conservatism not tied to nationalism is as dangerous as any socialist political philosophy.