I think this explains a lot. I've been wondering about the Trump 'diversity vote'. The 'official' explanation is that it was 'the economy, stupid', and this no doubt has some truth to it. But I think you've gotten inside the heads of a lot of people who have realized that the status of 'permanent victim' is not only a bad one on general principles, but doesn't even get you, net, the rewards its purveyors promise, because you, and not just the wicked white males, can and will be sacrificed in the pursuit of yet other 'victims'.
"Because you, and not just the wicked white males, can and will be sacrificed in the pursuit of yet other 'victims.'"
I couldn't have said it better myself. Though I think you're right about the economy being part of it too. It makes me wonder whether the GOP will get stuck with the same sort of problems in 2028 - they have no plans to stop borrowing $2 trillion/year, and with change in that matter inflation is just what we're stuck with.
I have a theory that Trump's own personal flaws is covering up a large and permanent red wave (given no Democratic shift). All the excesses of woke have come in the 2014-present time period, Donald Trump shows up in 2015 as a candidate.
Haley polled very well against Biden and Harris. I actually think the Democrats have been held up by Trump, allowing them to go further left without too much electoral repercussion. We will see in 2028.
I disagree with that. All throughout the 2016-present period, Republicans other than Donald Trump have done poorly with voters - in just this month's elections, for instance, the GOP lost four senate races in states that Trump won (Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, and Nevada). And the Republicans did poorly in both the 2018 and 2022 midterms, when Trump wasn't on the ballot to get people excited about voting. The trouble is that, love him or hate him, Donald Trump is the man who convinced millions of Americans that they had a chance to vote for something very different from the bipartisan status quo. He has flaws, of course, and I've complained about some of his downsides on this very blog before. But his unique personality is still the reason that the GOP is competitive in places where it used to be irrelevent.
I think this explains a lot. I've been wondering about the Trump 'diversity vote'. The 'official' explanation is that it was 'the economy, stupid', and this no doubt has some truth to it. But I think you've gotten inside the heads of a lot of people who have realized that the status of 'permanent victim' is not only a bad one on general principles, but doesn't even get you, net, the rewards its purveyors promise, because you, and not just the wicked white males, can and will be sacrificed in the pursuit of yet other 'victims'.
"Because you, and not just the wicked white males, can and will be sacrificed in the pursuit of yet other 'victims.'"
I couldn't have said it better myself. Though I think you're right about the economy being part of it too. It makes me wonder whether the GOP will get stuck with the same sort of problems in 2028 - they have no plans to stop borrowing $2 trillion/year, and with change in that matter inflation is just what we're stuck with.
And thank God for that!!
I have a theory that Trump's own personal flaws is covering up a large and permanent red wave (given no Democratic shift). All the excesses of woke have come in the 2014-present time period, Donald Trump shows up in 2015 as a candidate.
Haley polled very well against Biden and Harris. I actually think the Democrats have been held up by Trump, allowing them to go further left without too much electoral repercussion. We will see in 2028.
I disagree with that. All throughout the 2016-present period, Republicans other than Donald Trump have done poorly with voters - in just this month's elections, for instance, the GOP lost four senate races in states that Trump won (Wisconsin, Michigan, Arizona, and Nevada). And the Republicans did poorly in both the 2018 and 2022 midterms, when Trump wasn't on the ballot to get people excited about voting. The trouble is that, love him or hate him, Donald Trump is the man who convinced millions of Americans that they had a chance to vote for something very different from the bipartisan status quo. He has flaws, of course, and I've complained about some of his downsides on this very blog before. But his unique personality is still the reason that the GOP is competitive in places where it used to be irrelevent.