Dear John,

I got my start in American politics 50 years ago. My political views then — to grossly simplify them — were that I was against the Vietnam War and the military-industrial complex, strongly supportive of civil and voting rights, and against the power of big corporations. That put me just left of the center.

Today, the left-to-right political spectrum is longer than it’s ever been in those 50 years — but it’s not because the left has gotten too “radical,” as many talking heads would have you believe.

Our latest video breaks down the real reason we’re so polarized today.

While the left hasn’t moved much at all, the right has moved far, far rightward. Donald Trump brought America about as close as we’ve ever come to fascism.

Even with Trump out of office, the Republican Party is continuing down that path by promoting the lie that the 2020 presidential election was stolen, passing sweeping voter suppression laws, and even going so far as to declare the January 6th Capitol attack as “legitimate political discourse.”

So don’t believe the fear-mongering that today’s left is “radical.” What’s really radical is the right’s move toward fascism.

Thanks for watching,

Robert Reich
Inequality Media

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