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Vicky & Dan's avatar

There is another dimension: Human beings adapt to change at different speeds. Some can adapt right away and enjoy doing that, others take time.

And a resistance to rapid change is probably built into our DNA. Cultures probably existed for hundreds or thousands of years by not adapting to rapid change, but instead by working to keep things "just the way they are."

Progressives want and expect rapid change. That once they have adapted to it, then everyone else should also. So they have pushed and pushed. Well, the recent election shows that they have pushed too far and people are saying "SLOW DOWN!"

Voters have resisted these constant demands to "change" because, for one big reason, "progressives" have been wrong on so many issues. OOPs. yes we do need more police. oooops. Maybe puberty blockers haven't been proven scientifically to work. ooooops. Maybe our open border polices weren't such a hot idea. ooops. Maybe DEI programs have had a bad effect, not a good one. ooooops ooooops ooooops

So, maybe it is not the "resisters to change" who are unenlightened, but instead it is the people who are getting high on pushing other people to change who are "unenlightened" and "deplorable."

The election was a psychological test. "Progressives" failed it.

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Richard's avatar

Ok, I have been reading you for a year or so but decided to subscribe so I can comment on what I don't understand about you.

I find your analysis to be first rate but it tracks with former Democrats like Tulsi Gabbard and Sasha Stone and for that matter Ronald Reagan ( I didn't leave the Democratic Party, the Democratic Party left me.)

So why do you persist in trying to Make the Democratic Party Great Again. I spent the day wallowing in left wing sites and they are mostly doubling down on crazy. You at least observe that the Republicans may become the party of the working/middle class while worrying that the Wall Street faction may reassert control when Trump is gone. That is a legitimate concern given that the GOPe still lurks. So why not come over and help the Republicans that support your policy preferences fight against the Wall Street faction. JD Vance and Owen Cass come to mind.

Beyond this, while the neocon influence on the Republicans wanes, it waxes for the Democrats. Do we really want to be an Empire engaged in endless wars. My political awakening was opposing a crazy war and it appears that I will end up that way. I am more confident that Trump won't blunder into a nuclear war over Ukraine than Biden/Harris or Romney.

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