Many people who care about liberty or who want to care are completely consumed with trying to still get Trump elected and expose the “election fraud” rather than fight the tyranny in their own town, grocery store and shopping mall. It’s a very superficial distraction to ignore what is front of these people’s faces- on their faces in most cases. Like, they are going to put on a mask to fly to DC to get Trump elected in hopes he will finally tell them they can take off their masks. It’s beyond dim.
I agree with the whole post except for the second paragraph, of which I don’t necessarily disagree with, but am unsure about. So embrace division? Following your podcasts, I know you’re thinking radicalize everybody in every direction is good strategy. Ok, but hasn’t the ruling class been employing the divide and conquer method masterfully for many years? People in the US don’t vote for policies they want. They vote against the red/blue personality they hate and never notice that the same policies prevail no matter who wins. I can foresee a scenario, not one of unity, but of people on both sides getting fatigued of hate.
On the left, once Trump is out on the 20th, their French resistance high is dry. There’s no excitement for any Biden policies the way people were excited for Obama’s healthcare. There could be a feeling of “we saved the country from Nazism, that’s more than enough, let’s tune out.”
On the right, what political figure could possibly replicate Trump? There is none. I don’t see the Trump faithful turning out and getting excited for pre-Trump style Republicans or post-Trump imitators. They might just feel resigned after the swamp knocked out their “great hope” and the voting was rigged.
So what if, instead of the division trend continuing to climb, people on both sides lose the energy to tune in?
Thaddeus Russell's book, along with others, prove we've NEVER had one culture in this country. The people who know how to divide people know this. All they have to do is play to every side's cultural prejudices, while telling them the other side wants to persecute them because of the them, and they can benefit from that division.
I doubt you believe that the Right and the Left can find common ground for anything culturally. Just look at abortion. The only answer is to break up. Radicalizing both sides more against the other just expedites that.
Yes, I don’t believe that the Right and Left can find common ground. Breaking up would be desirable and ideal. Actually... there you might have common ground. I think the coastal elites do want to be separate and that the middle of the country wants separation too. If there was a ballot referendum for separation, don’t you think it would have overwhelming support?
I agree that there has never been one culture and that for years and years, the people who divide play to every side’s cultural prejudices, but isn’t a Great Reset happening? Could they be trying out a new strategy? I think the fact-checker stuff and the science is gospel stuff is an attempt to create a singular culture. Right?
I feel some hope that the loss of faith Republicans feel after the 20th will wake them up to the fact that the only hope is and always was in themselves- maybe rather than starting a war, they could simply stop pretending that this pandemic (not the virus) is real and stop wearing masks.
Many people who care about liberty or who want to care are completely consumed with trying to still get Trump elected and expose the “election fraud” rather than fight the tyranny in their own town, grocery store and shopping mall. It’s a very superficial distraction to ignore what is front of these people’s faces- on their faces in most cases. Like, they are going to put on a mask to fly to DC to get Trump elected in hopes he will finally tell them they can take off their masks. It’s beyond dim.
I have it from a good source that Ali Alexander's "Stop the Steal" group is going to be switching to an anti-lockdown movement.
I agree with the whole post except for the second paragraph, of which I don’t necessarily disagree with, but am unsure about. So embrace division? Following your podcasts, I know you’re thinking radicalize everybody in every direction is good strategy. Ok, but hasn’t the ruling class been employing the divide and conquer method masterfully for many years? People in the US don’t vote for policies they want. They vote against the red/blue personality they hate and never notice that the same policies prevail no matter who wins. I can foresee a scenario, not one of unity, but of people on both sides getting fatigued of hate.
On the left, once Trump is out on the 20th, their French resistance high is dry. There’s no excitement for any Biden policies the way people were excited for Obama’s healthcare. There could be a feeling of “we saved the country from Nazism, that’s more than enough, let’s tune out.”
On the right, what political figure could possibly replicate Trump? There is none. I don’t see the Trump faithful turning out and getting excited for pre-Trump style Republicans or post-Trump imitators. They might just feel resigned after the swamp knocked out their “great hope” and the voting was rigged.
So what if, instead of the division trend continuing to climb, people on both sides lose the energy to tune in?
Thaddeus Russell's book, along with others, prove we've NEVER had one culture in this country. The people who know how to divide people know this. All they have to do is play to every side's cultural prejudices, while telling them the other side wants to persecute them because of the them, and they can benefit from that division.
I doubt you believe that the Right and the Left can find common ground for anything culturally. Just look at abortion. The only answer is to break up. Radicalizing both sides more against the other just expedites that.
Yes, I don’t believe that the Right and Left can find common ground. Breaking up would be desirable and ideal. Actually... there you might have common ground. I think the coastal elites do want to be separate and that the middle of the country wants separation too. If there was a ballot referendum for separation, don’t you think it would have overwhelming support?
I agree that there has never been one culture and that for years and years, the people who divide play to every side’s cultural prejudices, but isn’t a Great Reset happening? Could they be trying out a new strategy? I think the fact-checker stuff and the science is gospel stuff is an attempt to create a singular culture. Right?
A single opinion, yes.
I feel some hope that the loss of faith Republicans feel after the 20th will wake them up to the fact that the only hope is and always was in themselves- maybe rather than starting a war, they could simply stop pretending that this pandemic (not the virus) is real and stop wearing masks.