You truly do love to fairmonger. Marx felt that was a far more effective tool for change, than rationed debate. Seems you do to.
Only a small percentage of Americans are progressive liberals and less than 10% of Americans are "far right" conservatives. We tolerate the extremists because we are a tolerant people.
Critically, the rest of us get along just fine and while we might argue about how to achieve economic and social goals, we largely agree on what they are. That said, politicians focus on the few devisive issues like abortions to divide us.
Meanwhile, at the economic level, over 60% of Americans believe capitalism is the best economic system in the world, we differ on how regulated it should be, but not on the system itself. Those who favor socialism largely expect to benefit from it. In other words, "self interest" drives support for socialism more than ideology, which is why support fades as people's economic status rises.
Meanwhile, as people age their additudes towards socialism become increasingly unfavorable. At some point support for socialism gets whittled down to supporting a "social safety net" for those that "can't" (not won't) help themselves. Again we may disagree on exactly what that social safety net should look like, but not on the basic principles.
Religion is playing a declining role in American politics. Using abortion as an example, Christians are as divided on issues as non-Christians, but they do make an excellent scapegoat for those on the far left, that rejects religion altogether.
People that understand the Roe v Wade decision realize religion was not the basis of the decision, but rather democracy.
The current SCOTUS rejected the judicial activisim of the past court. Likewise, it has rejected Presidential activism including many executive orders, which were intended primarily to clarify existing laws not make new law. It is also rejecting "legal activism" by unelected regulatory bodies. Notice, the theme... it is rejecting totalitarianism decision making.
It is demanding Congress and state legislatures get back to doing their jobs. In other words, America is being told, you are a democracy, start acting like one... stop relying on some "autocratic body" or agency to make your laws and start making them through the legislative process. That is the opposite of authoritarism.
This is the court Trump left behind. One that rejects totalitarianism in favor of our Constitutional process.
Roe v Wade being an example. A totalitarian court would told the people what the new rules were. Instead, the court told elected state legislatures to decide the issue. You seem to embrace totalitarism when it suits your purposes and reject it when it does not. You wanted the court to affirm Roe v Wade even if no elected body was involved in the decision.
Trump had his flaws, but Trump opposed the Washington "swamp" and reduced taxes (a source of federal government power) and pushed more power down to the states (again the opposite of totalitariansism). During the Covid pandemic, he positioned the Federal government as supporting the states, not dictating to them... Biden has tried to do the opposite, using things like OSHA regulations to force states to comply to his Federal mandates.
In case, you are not clear... totalitarianism starts with centralized control of the economy and the laws. Something you constantly advocate. So, you seem to embrace far legt totalitarianism over democracy.
I sense, you "fear" the people. A common fear among those self appointed "elitists" who fear "we can't trust the people". Rest assured, that fear is thousands of years old. Nothing progressive about it.
