Considering we are on the cusp of either Communism from the left, or a Totalitarian regime from the right...if the Constitution is living and breathing it's being slowly suffocated to death.
From my Progressive perspective, I think if any political side is going to save us it's going to be Republicans pulling us from the brink before going over either of those cliffs, if they have the resolve to do it.
Just typing that I'm a Progressive make my stomach turn, and face red from embarrassment.
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One common approach, for instance, fails to specify the precise nature of either side, yet proceeds to place communism, socialism, and modern “liberalism” on (or toward) the left—and fascism, conservatism, and capitalism on (or toward) the right.
Conservatism is not for individual rights or personal liberty; rather, it is for religious values (euphemistically called “traditional values” or “family values”) and a government that enforces them. Although conservatism calls for some economic liberties, it simultaneously demands various violations of individual rights in order to support certain aspects of the welfare state (e.g., Social Security and government-run schools), in order to shackle or control “greedy” businessmen (e.g., Sarbanes-Oxley and anti-immigration laws), and in order to forbid certain “immoral” acts or relationships (e.g., drug use and gay marriage). Thus, conservatism is utterly at odds with capitalism.
Because the term “left” is already widely used to denote social systems and ideologies of force (e.g., socialism, communism, “progressivism”), and the term “right” is substantially used to denote social systems and ideologies of freedom (e.g., capitalism, classical liberalism, constitutional republicanism), the best approach for advocates of freedom is not to develop new terminology for the political spectrum, but to define the existing terminology with respect to political essentials—and to claim the extreme right end of the spectrum as rightfully and exclusively ours. unquote. https://www.theobjectivestandard.com/2012/06/political-left-and-right-properly-defined/
instead of shock and awe like the '65 song by McGuire, Eve of Destruction (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntLsElbW9Xo listen to the words sounds quite relative to today's environment! ) provide insight how to mitigate the issues instead of hummm'g 1, 2 , 3, 4 Country Joe Fish's song!