4T is Speeding Along Now

[David Horn]

(02-08-2020, 02:27 AM)Snowflake1996 Wrote: The realignment of American politics in 2016-2020 indicates a very strong shift from 3T individualism to 4T collective action against our problems. Trump’s takeover of the GOP shifted the Party to a more collectivist way of thinking compared to Bush and Reagan (clearly defining enemies in the form of the immigrants, foreign trade competition, etc) and the possible takeover of the Democratic Party by Bernie Sanders is definitely a bigger collective shift for liberals.

If Sanders becomes the nominee he will cement his views onto the Party. If he’s elected then expect him to be the gray champion given his robust support among civic millennials.

There are two very big 'ifs' there, and neither is assured.  Beyond that, binding his views to the Dems is fine, but how does that translate into policy?  The GOPpers are already pushing (arguably crossing) legal bounds to keep the Dems from being successful, and that will only increase under Sanders.  They have a structural advantage in the Senate that's hard to displace, so it will require killing the filibuster for good when the balance shifts.  Sadly, the balance tend to restore quickly, so Millennials had better be up to the task of shifting power in, what are today, red states, or this strategy goes down in flames very quickly.