Mosinowner
Grandmaster
- Aug 1, 2011
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Clinton will provide more of the same that we have had over the past 8 year. Ultimately this boils down to two things.
1: The belief that American is too much of a world power and should have less influence in world affairs... this is what I see from the other side. Ideas like Globalization, Mcworld, ideas espoused in the book Guns, Germs, and steel. Ideas such as Western privilege and the need to protect Eastern culture. Essentially expansive multiculturalism is being pushed as part of the culture promoted in the past eight years. Having spent the majority of my last four years of schooling in a progressive classroom setting I have seen revisionist history first hand. Ideas designed to imply the west is evil and we should be punished for our past sins. (Extra emphasis is placed on ideas such as our enslavement of African Americans, civil rights era oppression, the KKK, and anything else that makes us look bad while also sitting that we stole the majority of our good ideas from the Muslims in the crusades or other cultures we have oppressed over time.)
2: Increased spending on domestic policy including policy attempting to reduce racial tension (Which ironically will come along with militarization of police forces), expand the social safety net, and what I believe is the icing on the cake for the left: Single payer healthcare. The Obamacare exchanges have failed, and failed miserably at that. According to ZeroHedge 12 of the 23 Co-ops have failed and have defaulted on $1.2 billon in federal loans.
Source: Why The Obamacare Exchanges Are Failing | Zero Hedge
This means that policymakers will start pushing single payer as the current system just isn't good enough. It may happen in term one, or it may happen in term two. I can see it being the running issue of the second term much like Obamacare being the running issue for the left in 2008, this is because race relations seem to be dominating the political scene at the moment.
(Just a quick note: As per guns I don't see any major federal restrictions being enacted. The fact that Sandy hook and Orlando especially could happen with no change in federal law is anecdotal evidence but evidence none the less. At the beginning of O's first term the entire government was blue and nothing was done, this is because they need it as a grandstanding issue.)
Trump:
A Trump presidency is scary because it has been said over and over again that he is a wild card, but really I think the biggest impact of a Trump presidency will not be policy based but culture based. I see the man as an interesting shift away from political correctness and if he can make this election about culture instead of policy he can certainly win. It is important to note that the president is not the end all be all. He is the figurehead and is the cultural mast that the country takes its lead from. Obama has been particularly active in pushing policy and I believe Clinton would be too, but Trump, in my mind, would be more open to his advisors. Trump choosing Pence shows he can listen to those who criticize him and while this may be a symbolic gesture it may also be foreshadowing for the type of people Trump lets into his cabinet.
All of this being said I am not sure who I will be voting for in my first election as part of the electorate.
1: The belief that American is too much of a world power and should have less influence in world affairs... this is what I see from the other side. Ideas like Globalization, Mcworld, ideas espoused in the book Guns, Germs, and steel. Ideas such as Western privilege and the need to protect Eastern culture. Essentially expansive multiculturalism is being pushed as part of the culture promoted in the past eight years. Having spent the majority of my last four years of schooling in a progressive classroom setting I have seen revisionist history first hand. Ideas designed to imply the west is evil and we should be punished for our past sins. (Extra emphasis is placed on ideas such as our enslavement of African Americans, civil rights era oppression, the KKK, and anything else that makes us look bad while also sitting that we stole the majority of our good ideas from the Muslims in the crusades or other cultures we have oppressed over time.)
2: Increased spending on domestic policy including policy attempting to reduce racial tension (Which ironically will come along with militarization of police forces), expand the social safety net, and what I believe is the icing on the cake for the left: Single payer healthcare. The Obamacare exchanges have failed, and failed miserably at that. According to ZeroHedge 12 of the 23 Co-ops have failed and have defaulted on $1.2 billon in federal loans.
Source: Why The Obamacare Exchanges Are Failing | Zero Hedge
This means that policymakers will start pushing single payer as the current system just isn't good enough. It may happen in term one, or it may happen in term two. I can see it being the running issue of the second term much like Obamacare being the running issue for the left in 2008, this is because race relations seem to be dominating the political scene at the moment.
(Just a quick note: As per guns I don't see any major federal restrictions being enacted. The fact that Sandy hook and Orlando especially could happen with no change in federal law is anecdotal evidence but evidence none the less. At the beginning of O's first term the entire government was blue and nothing was done, this is because they need it as a grandstanding issue.)
Trump:
A Trump presidency is scary because it has been said over and over again that he is a wild card, but really I think the biggest impact of a Trump presidency will not be policy based but culture based. I see the man as an interesting shift away from political correctness and if he can make this election about culture instead of policy he can certainly win. It is important to note that the president is not the end all be all. He is the figurehead and is the cultural mast that the country takes its lead from. Obama has been particularly active in pushing policy and I believe Clinton would be too, but Trump, in my mind, would be more open to his advisors. Trump choosing Pence shows he can listen to those who criticize him and while this may be a symbolic gesture it may also be foreshadowing for the type of people Trump lets into his cabinet.
All of this being said I am not sure who I will be voting for in my first election as part of the electorate.