02-17-2021, 08:37 AM
(02-17-2021, 07:21 AM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote:(02-17-2021, 12:28 AM)Classic-Xer Wrote:(02-16-2021, 04:43 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: By now Democrats are becoming the Party of civic peace, rule of law, rationality, ethnic inclusion, and the promotion of skill and learning.So, who indoctrinated you and how long did it take? You must not be paying attention to the unsavory politicians and corporations that currently have your fate in their hands. You seem to think the Democrats that we get to see on a regular basis are bunch of decent/trustworthy/caring human beings aka saintly, can do no wrong who are worth saving these days.
It is just the turnings turning. Through the unraveling it seemed wise to keep the government small by not solving problems. The result was problems that cannot be ignored. I count them as COVID, the economy, systematic racism, global warming and red violence. In time the problems will be less, the government more corrupt, and the pendulum will swing the other way. However, that time is decades in the future.
Yes. The next 3T likely begins around 2060. and then people will have generally tired of abstract causes that don't pay off financially, youth coming of age will dismiss moralizing elders on behalf of hedonism and materialism both devoid of any moral pretense, and McKinley-like or Reagan-like leaders will suddenly be in vogue. The world will be less austere and restrictive, but regrettably... out come the scammers offering easy money.
After COVID-19 is gone, it is on to the new era of relatively equable results in return for diligent, competent work; a family-friendly culture (maybe multiple versions that resemble in overall behavior if not culture those that Model Minorities have shown); a disdain for ostentatious indulgence (1950's style was austere); and a bland if perhaps increasingly whimsical culture (as I expect the Homeland Generation to act much like the Silent). Economic results will be more even and opportunity will be more readily available through competence instead of being born into the Right Family.
So what could get in the way? Maybe the mad leadership of North Korea decides to unify the Korean peninsula once and for all.
The ideal subject of totalitarian rule is not the convinced Nazi or the dedicated Communist but instead the people for whom the distinction between fact and fiction, true and false, no longer exists -- Hannah Arendt.