America is becoming more liberal.<\/a> \u00a0 Do you think he is right?<\/p>\nHe cites the opinion shifts on \u201cmarriage equality,\u201d\u00a0 immigration reform, the legalization of marijuana, and distrust of big business.\u00a0 I would say that such issues may suggest that America is becoming more libertarian. But that\u2019s hardly the same as old-school liberalism, much less being authentically \u201cleft wing.\u201d<\/p>\n
New Deal Democrats, labor unions, and socialists didn\u2019t have much to say about these social issues.\u00a0 They did distrust big business, but so do a lot of conservatives these days.\u00a0 And libertarians\u2013always opposed by the hard left for its individualism and its opposition to collectivist solutions\u2013hang out today with the conservatives.\u00a0 Gay marriage, marijuana legalization, and other causes are arguably only successful today because so many conservatives, for better or worse, have joined the liberals in supporting them.<\/p>\n
I don\u2019t see much revolutionary populism, distrust of capitalism, or calls for state ownership among the masses today.<\/p>\n
The left is excited about the prospects for \u201cincome inequality\u201d as a political issue, but I predict that cause goes nowhere.<\/p>\n
But maybe I\u2019m wrong.\u00a0 Let\u2019s see.<\/p>\n
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