2016 may’ve been the beginning of the end for Reaganism, the dominant wing of American conservatism and the reps for 35 years.
Reaganism had a big impact on liberalism and the dems too.
Reaganism in practice was about cutting taxes and regulations, especially for the rich and big business, even tho the very rich and big business don’t pay taxes and are largely unregulated, without cutting spending, increasing the deficit.
Reaganites cut spending on the poor, not on big business and the military, they increased it on them.
They were in favor of mass immigration, open borders and outsourcing.
They put multinationals and Israel 1st.
As for society and culture, they were moderates, willing to let dems have their way most of the time so long as they could continue selling out America to the highest bidder: China, Israel, the banks, the multinationals…
With HW, W and the neocons things only got worse.
Canada and the UK weren’t immune from Reaganism, we had our equivalent in the form of Mulroney and Thatcher.
What it boils down to is after WW2 the left won the culture war and the right the fiscal war, and both became more corrupt over time, selective in the application of their ideals, putting the elite way ahead of the people.
The Reaganites and neocons need to be ousted from conservatism and the republican party and the populists put back in charge, nationalists who’re fiscally moderate and culturally conservative.
Trumpism was a beginning, not an end, so much more needs to be done.
The 2nd gilded age is here, the 2nd progressive populist age may be upon us.
But the elite are trying to suppress populism with their agenda 2030/global reset (state communism 2.0).
This may lead to a clash and the end of civilization (as we know it).