Change is coming

There have been a number of social and economic changes since WW2 and they have caused a political shift to the left. The first was the move toward globalization and away from nationalism. Slowly over a sixty-year period the manufacturing base was move over seas for profits and at the expense of good factory jobs. The next came with Greenpeace in the 1960’s where using misinformation and scare tactics the nuclear power industry came under attack. This was followed by the climate scare, which then used sustainability to promote social change under the guise of climate change, while they insisted that wind and solar could replace fossil fuels. The economic power created by these ideas opened the door to cultural changes and things moved further to the left. As with most changes, things went too far and the people began to object and Trump came along when the time was ripe for a backlash. Over the past 20 years and in particularly the past ten years the old concept of nationalism has returned. America First means bring back the good jobs, forcing world organizations and European countries to pay more of their own way while making the US more competitive. This has resulted in a power shift away from the establishment and the bureaucracy feels threatened and are trying to hold on. The next couple of years will determine whether the change is permanent or if the country falls back to the old ways.