The New Yorker recently asserted in an arduous and rambling article spanning centuries of political history and every rhetorical cliche imaginable that, essentially, Trump is likely to win.
The outlet describes Kamala Harris as "virtuous" (which is laughable), but they suggest this trait is not respected enough within the American political sphere. They lament the undeniable shift of global politics to the conservative right while refusing to ask why it's happening? They simply default to the old low-IQ and low effort accusations of "racism" and "xenophobia". The New Yorker argues:
"Even when it is utterly self-destructive - as in Britain, where the xenophobia of Brexit cut the U.K. off from traditional allies while increasing immigration from the Global South — the apprehension that "we" are being flooded by frightening foreigners works its malign magic.The mass immigration from the third world continues in Britain because the same progressive elitists are still in charge despite the Brexit vote. That's why the country is spiraling into a pit of criminality, mass stabbings and a rape epidemic. It's the reason why the British voted for Brexit in the first place.
It's an old but persistent delusion that far-right nationalism is not rooted in the emotional needs of far-right nationalists but arises, instead, from the injustices of neoliberalism..."
Brexit and the end of mass immigration is the will of the majority of the people, just as it's the will of the majority of people in many parts if Europe and the US. Yet, leftists who pontificate endlessly about the virtues of democracy dismiss the majority when it suits them. It is this arrogance of the political left that has led directly to the rise of the right wing movement that so utterly terrifies them.
The problem is, leftists never take responsibility because they see this as an expression of weakness, and also because their moral relativism allows them to rationalize any behavior as necessary "for the greater good." Their main character syndrome spurs them to believe they are the ultimate good in the world, and if they are the ultimate good then anyone who dares oppose them must be the ultimate evil.
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