06-22-2021, 12:04 AM
(This post was last modified: 06-22-2021, 03:42 AM by Eric the Green.)
(06-21-2021, 04:41 PM)David Horn Wrote:(06-21-2021, 11:29 AM)Eric the Green Wrote:(06-21-2021, 09:03 AM)David Horn Wrote: Prophets should carry that load, but we're a fractured group this time. Too many on both sides to create even the illusion of consensus. X is all-in on sticking with the old model and the Millennials are looking for anything but. Based solely on numbers, the Millennials should win, but will they?
It is still up to prophet boomers. The fact that we are divided is no excuse. The blue boomers need to defeat the red boomers, and blue needs to defeat red among every generation. This is not a generational battle. A majority of white male millennials voted for Trump. Victory is the only possible consensus. The nature and cause of our 4T is our division, which is caused by the evil on the red side blocking progress.
We are 1850s redux, approaching the 1860s. Should the Union prophets have said "we can't carry the load of defeating the Confederates" because too many prophets are Confederates? Blue boomers and all blues need to defeat the Confederates of today. We are in a cold civil war that may become hot, and we blue boomers need to lead the fight.
Excuse? No, it's not an excuse, just reality. The harder either side pushes, the harder the other side pushes back. All that creates is dissention and confusion. Not everyone is ready to hear this tale. I tested the fully rational version on my own solidly Blue family, and even there, I got push back. The Blue side has been asleep for decades, and it will take time to hone effective messages, present them, and have them become the kind of guidance you desire... me too, for that matter.
Top of the list, the hyper-partisan latte liberals need to be stood down. Their super-wokeness is so totally off-putting that it's creating it's own weather. They're the left's version of QAnon. Sorry, but people do not respond to being told they are guilty of original sin, and can't redeem themselves. You have to sell to the buyer, and no one, not already in that camp, is buying. Fix that first. By now we should have learned that.
That's the nature of a civil war turning. Both sides are pushing. So, one side has to push harder and win. It's called a Crisis, S&H never said it would be easy. The Blue side is waking up, and pushing harder. The leaders are available from the Boomer generation, mostly the younger Boomers now, but they are ready. And Blue Xers are available to help lead and manage, and Blue Millennials are ready to help manage, staff and organize. We can all do our part, even if not in our prescribes generational roles. As for guidance, that has been available for decades. And no, they can't not be hyper-partisan. The Blue Boomers must be as partisan as possible, in the best sense. Keep saying what is needed. There is nothing left on the other side but madness.
Being partisan now, like many of our Democratic politicians and organizers are being, are just saying what is practical and necessary to do. They are the ones being heard now, not the crazies. Total agreement on our team is an impossible goal, now, or ever. The Blue side is coming together though. From Sanders, even sometimes all the way to Manchin. The House Democrats have a bare majority, and yet are putting things through. They passed HR1, and it's a masterpiece! It won't pass the senate yet, but it's just the reforms I predicted! And the red crazies on the other side cannot be convinced. They don't need to be convinced, or even insulted; just defeated. Yes, we have to ignore or put aside some of the fluff of identity politics and stuff like that, but we've got the people behind us now, 55-43%. A bit of demographic changes ahead will tip the scales. That's our camp, and they are buying. That's the only level of consensus we're gonna git! Let's roll.
I hope it works. I know it's not guaranteed. The Republicans still have a lot of cards. The solution is lots of electioneering! Get the vote out! And get the best candidates out there. Your former and future governor Terry is a good one! Use the democracy we still have left before it's too late and gone. Which will be in this 4T if we don't win now. The ball is in our court.
By the way I am encouraged by the Supreme Court. Pundits say they don't want to get into politics too much. Court packing is a threat that might stimulate them to behave and not all be movement conservatives like Alito. Their recent decisions were great. I still cringe about gun laws coming before them, and the abortion issue could be a firecracker. We'll see.
In fact, the Supreme Court very much made my point for me this week! They gave final approval to Obamacare. This was an advance in health care reform that passed on a very narrow partisan vote, only because the Democrats temporarily had 60 senate votes. Even then, it was a watered down version of the original proposal. But the Court approved it because people now depend on it. The point is, consensus is ONLY possible through victory. Once people see that the progressive programs work, they will support them. It may take a few years, but it will happen.