I am living in the middle of a red state, and even the bluest of my neighbors don’t seem to think that the president will have any direct effect on their lives.
In reflecting on the previous term prior to Biden, I only remember the gish gash assault of horrifying news day after day, but struggle to conjure the major issues I took umbrage with.
I am left with general issues, but lack the specifics to engage in actual discourse.
I remember the immigration stance was horrifying, but the previous administrations wasn't substantially better in my recollection.
I know the Mueller report indicated there was major collusion with America's adversaries, which was intertwined with disgusting foreign policy.
There was also the depleting of America's coffers, as our national debt skyrocketed, which likely coincided with his cronyism and the issues with the emoluments clause.
That was coupled with the complete mockery of the justice system, with obvious corruption in every entanglement he had.
All of these issues point to my view of the administration as corrupt, self-serving, and power hungry, but none of that serves as exact examples that I can have in my pocket when speaking with apathetic blue voters and red-voting neighbors.
They are unlikely to be swayed by the Martin Niemöller "First they came for the Communists and I did not speak out” line of reasoning.
Is there a list of exact tangible examples I can point to, as to why the current administration is so much of a disaster for the everyday citizen?
*As an aside, it seems to me every administration following the New Deal economic plan has made it a pet project to reverse it an reclaim any power ceded to the working class.
All of the policies that allowed a vibrant middle class have been whittled away. Public education, trade unions protections like the Fair Labor Act, social security, accessible healthcare, etc., have been constantly attacked since initially gaining any leeway in the 1930's.
Decreased government protections and funding for the working class, to me, are obvious negatives to be pointed to, but are not so obvious to those entwined in the current hegemonic narrative.
Are there obvious points I could be making that would provide clarity to my contempt with the current situation?
Well, for starters, he carried out the single worst attack on American itself in its history: Jan 6th, 2021. Pearl Harbor and 9/11 didn’t attack America’s beating heart. Jan 6th did.
At least hundreds of thousands of people died from covid, who would have lived otherwise, specifically because of his non-response to covid, and his whiny toddler hissy fit decision to destroy the pandemic response team, just because Obama created it.
The fact is, you don’t need more reasons. There are tons and tons more, but it might be better to leave it at these two to give the crimes their proper emphasis. The first, only an enemy of America would do. The second, only an enemy of the species would do.