“Know your enemy” is a much quoted phrase. It is used in many situations, obviously in war, but also in business, in politics, even between neighbors or relatives. Competitor is a more suitable word in most cases less violent than war. In any case when two or more people,businesses, etc. are involved in a conflict of purposes or ideas, each player needs to know as much as possible about the other side.
Any competitive situation requires a plan if one has any expectation of winning. In order to develop a winning strategy you not only need to know your desired outcome and your skills, strengths and weaknesses, support, etc., but also as much as possible of your opponents’.
I am conservative in both life and politics, so in order to know how to oppose those on the other side, I study them. I do not enjoy it but see it as necessary. We (the citizens of this nation) are now in a pitched battle for control of our country! I pray not, but I fear that I’m on the losing side. We (conservatives) are possibly outnumbered because the enemy has gained control of two major weapons through which they have created a huge, perhaps overwhelming, army. Those weapons are the education system and the mainstream media as well as the social media networks. Their army, having been indoctrinated into liberalism and socialism by the previously mentioned weapons are not even willing to consider anything presented by the other side.
If you have the best plan it should be possible to convince those on the other side to cross over to your side. Unfortunately, if they wont even communicate with you and they have the biggest army, YOU LOSE.
I sure seems like the left is growing. However, I think they are starting to overplay their hand. They are losing people to the right. Unfortunately, both political parties seem compromised by people working for leftist goals, which I think explains the Trump phenomenon.
What I see though is that instead of becoming conservative, which recognizes the need for accountability through civil checks and balances (understands the fallen nature of mankind), many people are jumping into the libertarian bandwagon, which seeks to eliminate or at least severely downgrade accountability on the personal level (believes in the basic goodness of individuals). Libertarianism is ethically liberal and economically conservative. That is, people can do whatever they want as long as they can pay for it. That appeals to a lot of liberals who have become more economically conservative and gives a place for former conservatives who are fed up with liberal encroachment on constitutional rights.
So while the media and education continue to foster liberalism, I think they are either going to have to change their tactics or face eventual failure. There will always be the people who would follow their insanity, but they are getting absurd enough to wake people up… somewhat.
Thanks for the comment. I appreciate positive input but welcome negative as well so I can get a better feel for where others are in their thinking on the subjects I bring up.