Who else would like politics to be humdrum?

[David Horn]

(02-03-2022, 11:24 AM)beechnut79 Wrote:

(02-03-2022, 10:32 AM)David Horn Wrote:

(02-02-2022, 10:54 PM)nguyenivy Wrote: Is the 2026 midterms / 2028 general election just way too far off to consider as another chance for the reforms the US needs if we can't do it in 2022 / 2024?

I'm sure Eric will respond too, but I'll take a quick shot here.  Can we hold-out for 6 or even 4 years?  Maybe, but the intensity is growing so fast that it seems unlikely to be played-out in a democratic contest by then.  The right has done their homework well, and the intent to corrupt the political system and tilt the field in their direction is already well advanced at the local, state and national levels.  If they gain power again, they will certainly try and maybe succeed in killing democracy for a long while -- much beyond the impending 1T.

Sadly, I've been in the massively contentious 2T camp for a long time, and I'm seeing no reason to believe otherwise.  If there is no correction until the next 4T, the correction will be to a world we wouldn't recognize, I'm afraid.

Certainly, someone living in the 1950s who fell asleep for the past six decades or more certainty wouldn’t recognize the world of today. Therefore we are already there.

Good point.  There was an argument made in the past that no one living in the post-WWII world would be comfortable living in any era prior to the 1920s.  We might consider moving the goal posts again.  In fact, we're approaching the VR world that was only sci-fi until recently.  Once we're fully there, I'm not sure 'today' will be modern enough.