Liberals have exploited race and class for political advantage, deepening the divide between whites and blacks (and increasingly Hispanics), as well as the three classes—poor, middle class, and wealthy.
World . . . "How do you explain the rise of Donald Trump? Look no further than the culture beast that is primarily responsible for the fundamental transformation of America, as President Obama once put it.
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"We have an education system that doesn't educate. Television spews out "reality shows" that have nothing to do with reality. Judges issue rulings that conform more to opinion polls than the Constitution.
"The strangest behavior is trotted out as the next civil rights movement and anyone who says "no" is branded a bigot. Many fallen nations collapsed not from war but from moral rot.
"We are consuming the intellectual equivalent of Pop-Tarts in a pop culture age, rather than food for the mind that produces sound reasoning and wise choices.
"It should not surprise anyone that such self-focus has fueled the rise of Donald Trump as a presidential candidate.
"On the other side of the political fence, Bernie Sanders and Hillary Clinton feed into the entitlement mentality that the government exists to give you stuff and take care of you. Liberals have exploited race and class for political advantage, deepening the divide between whites and blacks (and increasingly Hispanics), as well as the three classes—poor, middle class, and wealthy. " . . .
Cal Thomas: Cal, whose syndicated column appears on WORLD's website and in more than 500 newspapers, is a frequent contributor to WORLD's radio news magazine The World and Everything in It.
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