I want to start by saying I am not someone whom thinks the world is
coming to an end due to Trump being elected president. At the same time
I am not a Trump demagogue whom thinks he is the best thing to happen
to America either. I am in the middle appreciating some of the ideas he
wants to go with and loathing others. I am at heart a positive and
optimistic man even in the face of The Trump leading the USA. I want to
also say I am not blind to his authoritarian side nor to the
authoritarians surrounding him. However, I have hope that the Senate,
House Republicans that did not agree with him will fight him tooth and
nail.
Even with this sense of life and optimism I am not blind to the
fact this is not a victory for the rightists among us. Trump is a
Classic Old-School Leftist anti-free trade and protectionist Democrat.
He was what a Democrat was say 20 or 30 years ago and his views on
protectionism are more in line with Hillary's rival Bernie Sanders than
any mainstream Republicans. This was a win for the Old-School fraction
of the left-wing and not a triumph for the secular, pro-reason and
capitalist right. This was not a win for Classical Liberalism,
Constitutional Republicans, Laissez-faire or libertarians, nor
Objectivists.
While Trump ran on cutting taxes, regulations and repealing
Obamacare. He has already began to back peddle and show he really is not
concerned with making a more limited government in accordance with the
US Constitution and classical liberal principles the cornerstone of the
Right. Let alone being a fan of anything near the most Radical of the
freedom movement those whom call for stateless liberty. While I am not
an an-cap the fact that some An-Caps are supporting him boggles the mind
it really does. He has an authoritarian streak that we all need to
watch out for. Especially those whom want freedom.
He has not met any of his promises so far to cut the government
down to size and I am hoping that turns around once he begins
government. He has reneged in advance on so many promises and my hope in
him is slowly waning despite my optimism because of this. I am not
going to say he is a horrible person as some have said. I think he is
misinformed and ignorant, wrong on a lot of things, but, he is not some
evil devil. We need to be weary of him and his aids. We need to watch
the direction the government flows. I highly doubt it will be to the
genuine right, but, in a weird middle ground. Combining some elements
that will be authoritarian with other elements of certain freedoms.
I refrain any righties to stop saying we won we have not. Nor
should we join the rioting nutcases in the streets. He has won fair and
square, but, we can still give our voice to the voiceless in the
Rational, secular and capitalist right. We have not won whether it is my
fellow atheist righties or other secular believers on the right. We have
not won and we should not forget this and give into some collectivism
over Trump. Collectivism is the real enemy ideology we must fight. This
is individualism and individuals vs collectivism and collectivizing
people like some Borg. We must remember that is the real foundation to
liberty!
