In Canada, it’s over. The Hard Left has won. Progressive politics dominates the landscape.
But in the United States, the morality wars between Left and Right rage on. As the U.S. is the real arbiter of global culture, what goes on there has reverberations across the planet. Canada’s Left-wing consensus could be erased if the Right wins in the U.S. (which it won’t).
Let’s take a look at the morality wars in closer detail.
Typically, both sides view the other as immoral. The Left sees the Right as being against free abortion for women, against gun control, pro-Church-and-State, and all things which are practically evil. The Right sees the Left as being composed of a bunch of degenerates — homosexual and trans-worshipping strange men and women who are trying to drag down true morality.
The view of Christianity was always different among left-leaning and right-leaning individuals. For the left, Christ was a source of love, of true deep emotion and lasting connection. For the right, God was a source of order, of a rock to stand upon in a turbulent and chaotic universe. This split in conception persists into present secular times with their respective concerns.
The Left is all about feelings. In the U.S., they are struggling mightily to have a single-payer government-run health care system like the rest of the First World because they feel like shit to contemplate anyone suffering from lack of health care.
The Right is all about shadows. The shadow of evil, the shadows of chaos and disorder, the shadow of the Other moving in to take “our” rightful place. This is partly why the Right is so strongly against illegal immigration (which has been renamed migrants by the left-wing press). Who’s going to win?
Even though the true, die-hard left-winger comprises but 15% of the population, he counts among his number most of the artists and writers and creative types, plus a very large number of the mega-wealthy (Bill Gates and Warren Buffett are two prominent Democrats, for example). The left-wing has a lock on the mass culture.
Ever since the advent of television, the Left has been beaming its thoughts into the households of the TV world with ever-increasing intensity and freneticness. The Left recognizes that the true source of its power is television. The average person goes to work for 8 hours, then heads home to vegetate for 6 hours in front of the television. He watches a lot of TV — these days it’s more on streaming services and cable TV than the traditional Big Four networks (ABC, NBC, CBS and Fox) but it’s just a different color of animal hide for the same beast.
The less you watch of TV, the more you are free of its malign influence. The more likely you are to be a free-thinker. I don’t think the Left likes this very much.
Gay marriage is an example of a social force which was nurtured, boosted, and popularized by television, by shows like Will & Grace and Modern Family. Homosexuality has been normalized, to the point that gay pride parades are a common feature in cities around the West. I am personally fairly neutral on gayness, neither supporting nor attacking it, but it is striking how quickly it has moved from the columns of the forbidden to an everyday, supported thing.
It is inevitable that there will be public health care in the U.S. It is inevitable that gun control will be legislated into being. The Right is strong in the U.S. and stupid as a house of stones, even though they watch practically more television than anyone. The Left will get all its wish list, and still be pining for more, more, more! It will never be satisfied. The end result, in the far future, will be a society that teeters on the verge of collapse from all its internal contradictions. That 15% is always hungry for more.
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Whatever happened to “the separation of church and state”??? When God, Christianity, gets involved in politics, we see all these, hypocrites, abusing the people’s rights, in the name of “God”, like how the rights of women to get abortions are banned, in the, “deep south”, as that is, where, most of the conservative votes come out, and now, the, Republicans outnumbered the Democrats in both the House and the Senate, Uncle Sam is, no longer, “free”, as the politicians, distorted the beliefs on which the U.S. is, founded, on, ad the People are the ones, allowing them to, abuse their, powers, because “we the people”, are too, STUPID and too, BLIND!
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many of the things you wrote are common here in Italy too, there is a lot of similarity between the visions you described, the difference is that here we have an impressive number of parties, each one divided on something from the other, so things are even more chaotic here..🤷♂️🙄
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1. On the first point (mutual hatred and distortion):You’ve nailed it here — both sides often despise one another and misrepresent each other’s positions. It’s a recurring issue in polarized debates, where nuance gets lost, and everyone ends up shouting at shadows. It’s not unique to the U.S., but it definitely plays out loudly there.
2. On Christianity and its representations:I think the discussion goes far beyond Christianity. Limiting the debate to just these two representations (Left’s Christ of love vs. Right’s God of order) doesn’t even scratch the surface of the broader cultural and spiritual landscape. There’s a lot more happening. For instance, in Brazil, we have a profound hybridism of faiths and traditions that I don’t think is easy to grasp from a Canadian perspective. We’re talking about a complex interplay of indigenous beliefs, African traditions, and Christianity — all merging into something unique. This kind of dualistic framing of Christianity might work in U.S. culture, but the world is much bigger than what American television shows. And honestly, Christianity is just one lens among so many others. There are other religions, other philosophies. I’m not sure if you’re Christian, so I don’t want to offend, but the debate is much larger than that.
3. On priorities (empathy vs. chaos):This is very much a U.S.-centric take. Once again, the world is far bigger and far more complicated than the American experience. Globally, the issues and priorities are different. When you start looking at international contexts — economic inequality, post-colonial struggles, climate challenges — the “empathy vs. order” narrative oversimplifies things. It might reflect the dynamics in the U.S., but the rest of the world doesn’t necessarily follow that script.
4. On cultural dominance and television:Honestly, I see some confusion here. I don’t mean to sound harsh, but this strikes me as a misunderstanding of the dynamics at play. What you’re describing as the Left dominating mass culture is, in my view, more of an appropriation by capitalist elites. These massive corporations and the super-rich you mention are not aligned with the true Left. The real Left fights for the end of the capitalist state, the end of bourgeois “democracy” (which is a dictatorship of the elite), and the establishment of worker-led democracy through democratic centralism.
This performative “Left” — the one pushing identity politics but ignoring systemic exploitation — is not about dismantling capitalism. They’re just using identity struggles to distract and confuse people. A black woman in a presidential seat won’t end poverty, hunger, or exploitation — and real Leftists know this. Does this so-called Left you describe advocate for the abolition of private ownership of the means of production? Do they challenge the capitalist system?
No. They co-opt identity struggles to maintain the status quo, and the Right weaponizes this confusion to attract people to their side.
That’s why figures like Kamala Harris alienate the actual Left — she supports Israel, capitalism, and imperialist policies, which are antithetical to the values of true Leftists. Anyone serious about anti-capitalism, anti-imperialism, and systemic change can’t, in good conscience, support her.
5. On the future:I just hope we don’t destroy ourselves by pressing some nuclear war button, and I hope the climate crisis doesn’t spiral so quickly that it wipes us out. That’s my main concern for the future.
Thanks for always keeping up with my blog. I had some time today, so I decided to dive into this piece. Even though I don’t agree with you and have laid out my disagreements here, I really encourage you to keep thinking, keep writing, and keep exploring. I hope you change your perspective one day, but until then, I’ll still appreciate the effort and thought you put into your work. Keep it up!
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Replies to your counterpoints:
(1) “I nailed it”. Thanks. Good to see I got something right! Your razor wit proceeds to demolish me in the rest of your points; let’s see if I can’t use my razor wit to defend the castle I’ve built up.
(2) “The discussion goes far beyond Christianity.” Christianity was just a deep point to make about the differences between the two groups. The Left doesn’t fear disorder and the Right doesn’t want love. Their differences when there was a universal religion extend to times when the religion is kaput.
(3) “U.S.-centric take.” I’m writing from Canada, so many of the same conditions that prevail in the U.S. will prevail here. Also, North America is the standard culture of the world. In women’s rights, capitalism versus socialism, and more, NorAm determines what the Overton window of acceptable discourse is…
(4) “I see some confusion here, don’t mean to sound harsh.” Don’t ever sugarcoat your criticism! I can take it, big boy! Be as direct and lashing as you want. That’s my invitation to you and I mean it. But I disagree there was confusion. This is one of those areas where we just have to take our stand and stick with it.
(5) “The future is dangerous through nuclear war or climate change.” I wouldn’t worry about the future. Trust me: IT’S IN GOOD HANDS.
We agree on more points of life than we disagree, Victor. That is my final conclusion. We both are utopians in our outlook, and although what outcomes we want for our societies may diverge at points, we would agree on the ideal society in lots of ways. Don’t exaggerate our differences just because you are used to being alone in your progressive politics. I value your intelligence and your verbosity. Both are assets in a turbulent world.
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