Is the "Leave it to Beaver" version of America what the republicans are aiming for?

Question

Is that what they want to turn America into?
Thats funny if it is.

Or where every neighborhood in America looks like the neighborhood from Edward Scissorhands.
No poor people to ugly up the streets. No unwed mothers.
hahahah

Answer 1

It seems more like they are aiming for a totalitarian surveillance society a la "1984" or "Children of Men." After all, they are the most avid supporters of the Patriot Act and racial/ethnic profiling used by many in law enforcement.

The "Leave it to Beaver" life never truly existed in America except in the delusional minds of conservative revisionists. The "good old days" of impending nuclear holocaust, communist paranoia, and "separate but equal," is now a distant memory...and rightly so.

Answer 2

During those years (the 1950's ) 1 out of 3 Americans belonged to a Union.

In a 1978 letter of resignation from his position of president of the UAW, Douglas Fraser wrote:

"I believe leaders of the business community, with few exceptions, have chosen to wage a one-sided class war today in our country --a war against working people, the unemployed, the poor, the minorities, the very young and the very old, and even many in the middle class of our society....I would rather sit with the rural poor, the desperate children of urban blight, the victims of racism, and working people seeking a better life than with those whose religion is the status quo, whose goal is profit and whose hearts are cold. We intend to reforge the links with those who believe in struggle: the kind of people who sat down in the factories in the 1930's and who marched in Selma in the 1960's."

Unfortunately, Fraser's inspiring words have gone largely unheeded. The two party American Duopoly continues to represent the interests of their wealthy and corporate benefactors. Grass roots mobilization and efforts to advance the interests of social and economic justice for the poor and working class have virtually fallen from the radar screen of organized labor. The larger labor unions continue their close ties with the Democratic Party, apparently believing the fiction that Democrats have the spine or the will to advance the interests of the working class.

In July 2005, Service Employees International Union (SEIU) president Andy Stern took his 1.8 million members and broke ties with the AFL-CIO, an organization which has achieved few tangible advances for labor or the working class in recent years. A former social worker and present activist for social causes, Stern was recently profiled on 60 Minutes. Organizing workers, many of whom are minorities and women, in previously under-unionized industries such as day care and janitorial, Stern has created an agenda of global worker cooperation to end the disturbing trend of corporate exploitation.

Stern and his followers have set out to rectify the gross economic injustices facing the working class and humanity in general. They recognize that collectively, the working class wields great power. Unionizing, strikes, and boycotts are the potent weapons they employ against the seemingly overwhelming forces of Capitalist domination.

Answer 3

No, republicans aim for the joan crawford, "mommy dearest" version of America. Put on a good show in public while you're a monster at home abusing the kids & getting drunk.

Answer 4

a minimum of its extra helpful then the Liberal resourceful and prescient of u.s., the place the government magically promises for all, no person has any actual freedom, and weapons are in basic terms interior the palms of ideally suited chief Obama's specific protection Forces.

Answer 5

No, they'd prefer the V for Vendetta world. But they do keep acting as though the 1950's sitcom version of America was real.

Answer 6

kind of. but they actually masterbate to the thoughts of the Gilded Age when income inequality was obscene and the govt. couldn't protect americans from hazardous food, receiving fair wages & child labor.

Answer 7

ah yes "The Good Old Days" when mothers little helper was valium.
That is what they want, they want all of the women drugged so that we keep our mouths shut.

Answer 8

sorry, im trying to understand what you think is so bad with everyone having a job, no drive by shootings, no social welfare failed schemes and ridiculous political strategies...before i can answer your question i would need a explanation of that. so, again, not enough information provided to answer you correctly.

Answer 9

yes,but they fail to realize that was all drug induced. amphetamines and Valium kept up the facade. in todays society June would have to work outside the home too.

Answer 10

You sound very bitter. However, most of your questions do. Exactly what version of America are you aiming for? I'm not sure what the down fall would be if that was their goal. I kinda like Andy Griffith myself. I suppose you would detest that as well.