As a recently naturalized immigrant and a former scholar of European politics and culture, I brought a left of centre approach to life and my new home. I am now surprised by the deep, extremist politics that lie beneath the surface of the American two-party system. The ease with which radical Republicans and even more radical Democrats can hide behind the respectable cloak of these instruments of democratic representation shocks me. There is however a difference. Republicans do it to sustain centuries old practices such as capitalist greed, religious adherence and gun ownership. The Left does it because they believe in neo-communism, revolutionary change and white extinction.

Guess which one I loathe most. Yes, the left oriented latter. They believe in hatred of America. The former just want to be left alone with their hats and trucks. They have the guns but the ‘progressives’ are going for the institutions. They have even hypnotized military leaders. This is not about culture. It is about power.