We must focus on majoritarian solutions to economic problems, instead of marginal liberal policies that nickel and dime to death systemic reform. Tradition, History, and Patriotism A Norwegian socialist friend of mine once remarked that he did not understand the politically correct emphasis on diversity in American political life. He thought it ended up being a wedge that drives people apart from each other, emphasizing their differences and covering up their common concerns and goals. The emphasis on the mathematics of diversity that liberals religiously adhere to does not create an inclusive society, but rather leaves out a large section of the majority white middle class. On the other hand, to get straight to the point, our country was built upon the foundation of racism and slavery, as evidenced in the Constitution with its three-fifths clause and language mandating the return of runaway slaves.
Racism undergirds our history and our traditions.
We romanticize Southern Civil War heroes, like John Mosby, for example, who held union armies at bay just across the river from Washington DC, defending the touchstone of the South slavery. We tend to forget that just 40 years ago, segregation was the law and 30 years ago it was still viable. Racialism and racism pervade American thought and actions. Not by creating policy which pits one group of people against another. Certainly not by policy which isolates the least powerful and least well-off from the rest of the body politic.