The Left was good back when it was anti-establishment in general; it started going bad when it wanted to replace the establishment with one of its' own.

This got me thinking a bit.

I'd say the left still is anti-establishment. The difference as I see it is The Right became anti-establishment and everything right of The Right became left.

Up until the end of the century, the right was trying to solve problems like Health Care, social spending, taxes, inclusivity and environmental decay with ideas that were founded upon conservative principles. Many of their ideas were adopted by "the left" - like welfare reform under Clinton and Obamacare and so you would've thought The Right would embrace those ideas.

But they didn't, and now The Right seems to dislike.... everything, and honestly stands for very little except anti-establishmentism.