You actually said it!
The ideological battle has not ended with the end of the Cold War, and we have lost that battle since that end ideologically. The epitomy being the election of a self described (supposedly in his younger years, but with no breaking point from that belief)
Freedom -vs- Security.
Personal liberty and individual rights -vs- Socialistic security and safety nets.
Diametrically opposed in a zero sum equation.
The American way was to be an INDIVIDUAL.
The leftist way is to be a “New Soviet Man”. (working only in the interest of the collective, no self interest)
- The epitome being the election of a self described ... COMMUNIST.