I think that conclusion would be inevitable depending on how much time someone spends in right leaning media. When I tune into he left, they’re generally under a shared belief that we’re increasingly manipulated by neocon and corporate lies with Bush rapidly eroding the last 40 years of social “advances”.
My head hurts…
Well, we're definitely under Republican govnerment, which should mean a decrease in social engineering. IMO, though, the Republicans themselves are moving leftwards. For instance, I think that W's operating premise is similar to that of the Dems, that the state should play a major role in shaping society...