06-30-2021, 11:37 AM
(06-29-2021, 07:34 PM)beechnut79 Wrote:(06-29-2021, 07:08 PM)Bob Butler 54 Wrote: I can acknowledge the threat, but stick to the perspective that it is a futile one. The conservative faction that wants to not solve problems but keep things the same has lost influence in every crisis. No kings. No slaves. No dictators. Government regulation of the economy. Not solving the major problems is just not an option. Don't cure Covid? Continue racism and sexism? Defeat democracy? If you look at the historical trend of getting rid of the major flaws of the Agricultural and Industrial Ages, does authoritarianism stand a chance? Are they not headed for a ghetto of their own making?
Right now they are hard rudder to the right, ever so much fanatic about ever more so ridiculous conspiracy theories, shedding more reasonable people as they go. They are counting on obstructing Biden's for the people plans, and therefore they will win votes for the obstructors?
At the same time I am not against taking the threat seriously.
You mean that the passing of Rush Limbaugh along with one of the infamous Koch brothers failed to turn the tide?
It's not inconsequential that the New Authoritarian Right is still solidly grounded. The movement, or whatever yo wish to call it, has a huge supporting media infrastructure and plenty of babbling heads to keep it fully engaged 24/7/365. As long as the financiers behind the infrastructure continue to pay the bills, I doubt this will end. The Mercers and Sheldon Adelson's widow are rich enough to keep it afloat for a long time, and the Murdocks are actually profiting from it.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.