Aseahawkfan wrote:Big problem in America was the nation let the schools be taken over by looney left liberalism. 99% of people can't sift between what is good and bad with their viewpoints, so they end up either wholly accepting a particular philosophy or opposing it without a great deal of ability to deeply analyze their viewpoint using real world data. Higher education, especially with minorities, has been brainwashing them for so long stoking a sense of vengeance against the white elite that they haven't bothered to notice there are a lot of working class white folk that weren't much participating in all the crap that led to the majority of their problems, at least not willingly. Now you have these divisions on all sides that have a huge of lack of sympathy or understanding of what's really occurring within each other's communities. It's damn sad that extremism and sensationalism is what seems to drive social change. I'm starting to fear what the next Democratic winner might look like if Trump was able to take The White House. We might get a true socialist in office that makes this place more insane and empowers the looneys like Canada with their strange laws involving gender and the like.
Our educational system is inheriently liberal due to the fact that most educators have never worked in a business setting. They go to college, get a degree, and immediately embark on a teaching career, and as a result, are more influenced by idealism or the way things ought to be. Most educators don't have to worry about things like budgets, dealing with unions, attracting customers, or complying with government regulations. Had they experienced some of those issues that many of us in private industry have to deal with daily, they might not so easily adapt typical liberal positions. Due to the low pay scale for teachers, not very many people leave private industry to take jobs in the educational field, so as a result, most administrative positions are filled from within and nearly all entry level positions are filled with college grads that likewise have no experience in private industry outside of summer jobs like flipping hamburgers to finance their schooling, so there's very little internal debate over opposing points of view.
There's only one true socialist that's currently on the political scene, and that's Bernie Sanders, and I doubt that he'll make much of a wave in 2020 like he did in 2016. For one thing, he's as old as the hills and secondly, he's not a true Democrat and if he chose to run, would face similar problems that he had when he challenged HRC for the nomination. The Dem I've been keeping an eye on is the two term governor of New York Andrew Cuomo. He'll be running for a 3rd term this November and if he wins big, it might propel him into the discussion for a Democratic answer to Trump.
But we'll have to wait until after the midterms before we start seeing candidates express interest in the nomination. Heck, there's a good chance that we could see a serious challenge within the Republican party to Donald Trump.