American Centrism is Conservatism
Since the 1990s the political shift in America has become painfully obvious
Politics in America has been shifting to the right since the Civil Rights Era. Over time, right-wing politics became intently focused on oppressing underserved minority groups through the tearing down of social programs — even if it comes at the expense of poor white folks. While Lee Atwater eloquently explained how Republicans operate saying, “We want to cut this … is a hell of a lot more abstract than “n****r, n****r” in 1981, many conservatives continue to express similar ideas using more complex coded-language.
Since the Nixon era, conservatives have moved the 50-yard-line further to the right. By making increasingly extreme demands, traditionalists are forcing Americans to accept concessions that are detrimental to targeted segments of society. There are many examples of this throughout history. But in the modern era, none have been more notable than the brazen and blusterous actions of a Republican-led Senate over the last decade.
From McConnell’s anti-Black refusal to appoint a Barack Obama Supreme Court Justice to the blatant attacks on tens of millions of Americans’ healthcare to the inclusion of billions of dollars for military aircraft in the most recent COVID relief proposal, the right’s consistent betrayal goes far beyond what we’ve seen in modern…
