For most of my life the United States has been in the throes of a culture war. It hasn’t always been described in those terms and sometimes the battles weren’t as visible as they are now. But anyway you measure it, the world has been preoccupied with the Left’s struggle to make over people and society in a non-traditional form. It mostly became apparent in the 1960s with the hippies and the other non-traditional activities. Roe v. Wade was a major event. It quieted down a little during the 1980s but it never really retreated and by the time Barack Obama was in the White House normalcy more or less disappeared from this country.
I would say that Donald Trump’s appearance in 2016 was the first time in my lifetime that someone was willing to point at all the things that were wrong with the way things were being done and say. “I will change these things back to the way they should be.” And then he went about doing what he said he would do. He’s attacked illegal immigration and all the things it causes; high healthcare costs, huge budget deficits, crime, low wages, anti-white hate, government fraud, voter fraud and on and on.
And when he tried to implement his fixes both political parties attacked him with everything they had. They started a race war and tried to lock down the country in order to commit enormous voter fraud. But after hell and high water he got back in the White House in 2025 and now he’s quintupling down on deporting illegal aliens and trying to improve the economy for real Americans. He’s done as much as can be done to bring back jobs from overseas and anything else that can make things work better in this country.
And I give him full marks for trying. Will it be enough to accomplish all of his goals? I’ll guess it won’t. Will he lose the Congress in 2026? Maybe. But I don’t see how that can be his fault. The world is a rough place and American voters aren’t all that bright. They are easily distracted by pain of any kind. But the question that I’m trying to answer is will we see the culture war decisively turn in our favor in the years to come?
I know what answer I want. I want to believe that people have learned enough to see what’s in their best interests. If they want their children and grandchildren to be prosperous and free they need to keep the Left out of power and strip away all of the progressive laws that have crippled Americans’ ability to thrive. And there is some hope on that front. The present Supreme Court is overturning laws that allow for things like affirmative action that are obviously unconstitutional and always were. But will this effort continue or stall out?
Well, let me pose this question to you the readers. Do you think the culture war has changed direction and we’ll continue to make headway? Leave your view in the comments.