A helpful summary of the new rules, from Victor Davis Hanson at amgreatness.com:
Every aspect of American life and culture is under assault
We are in the midst of one of the most radical revolutions in American history. It is as far-reaching and dangerous as the turbulent years of the 1850s and 1860s or the 1930s. Every aspect of American life and culture is under assault, including the very processes by which we govern ourselves, and the manner in which we live.
The Revolution began under the Obama administration that sought to divide Americans into oppressed and oppressors, and then substitute race for class victimization. It was empowered by the bicoastal wealth accrued from globalization, and honed during the COVID lockdown, quarantine-fed economic downturn, and the George Floyd riots and their aftermath. The Revolution was boosted by fanatic opposition to the presidency of Donald Trump. And the result is an America that is unrecognizable from what it was a mere decade ago.
Here are 10 upheavals that the Left has successfully wrought.
Free expression. In large swatches of American society—particularly the corporation, the media, the government, the public schools, and the university—it is suddenly dangerous to speak freely. At a DEI workshop, politely object that “whiteness” does not account for all the challenges of “marginalized peoples,” and you will become either ostracized, reprimanded, or perhaps fired.
Suggest to a class that man-made climate change and the state remedies for it, are still under debate—and your career and livelihood are endangered. In 2020, state that Covid lockdowns would do more eventual damage than the virus—and your career was through. Express doubt that there are more than two biological sexes, and if an athlete or high school principal you will be shunned or rendered professionally inert.
How bout that Fundamental Transformation!
The best and brightest aren’t smart enough to come up with their own ideology so the stale obsolete oppressed/oppressor from a 19th century German bum will have to do.
Race and gender have replaced class in this hybrid abomination.
Workers utopia was never on the menu as comrade Karl was out to burn down the world by any means necessary.
External enemies are also polling low in respect for the military as they pull up to Alaska with moons and middle fingers.
Thanks for VDH, linking from aggregator says page can’t be displayed in stripped out legacy browser.