10-09-2020, 09:31 PM
(10-09-2020, 11:38 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I agree we have passed a 4T tipping point. The question is less have we reached it at this point, but what we have reached and why? I have been trying to figure out the cultural divide from years. I’ve come to look at it from a bunch of angles. Which one is most relevant? What element once leaned towards the conservatives and is now leaning the other way?We're kind of at the tipping point. I know this will go against popular opinion here, but if you already voted for Biden, you voted for Hoover instead and you'll see the tipping point you're looking for afterwards. The Democrats have been riding on laurels of a bygone age it no longer represents and its going to pay the ultimate price for years of lying and deceit. I don't know a Democrat who isn't a Democrat first or a Liberal who isn't a Liberal first. As far as now and Trumps reelection, it's a tipping point too. Either way, it's bad news for you and the Liberal's. You're fortunate that your region has more historical significance to America than the West Coast.
After a little thought, the answer seems all of the above.
There are now more working poor votes than racist votes. The selfish period of the S&H turnings has passed. It is time to sacrifice for the community rather than be selfish. We have taken ignoring problems, small government and low taxes too far. The corruption of government is becoming not tolerable. We have ignored science too much. COVID is too deadly.
While all of the above might have flipped in time, Trump in his desperation to cling to power, has made parts of America that are neither red or blue not work. He has hurt our elections, our post office, well, everything Arkarch mentioned above. Folks that would have clung to one aspect or another of the old regime have to reconsider.
I am not sure people are tired so much as the Republicans have split themselves hopelessly. The Trump Base, the establishment and the true conservatives are going to have to fight for the remnants leaving the Democrats a time of being dominant. Not sure which Republican faction will come out on top. The transition of power has to happen first, which is looking interesting enough.