Post by I Agree on Jan 19, 2021 14:42:26 GMT
Raptors2021
January 19, 2021 6:49 am
in the 1850s, after the withering of the Whig Party, and before the rise of the Republican Party, the opposition to the Democrats was briefly provided by the Know-Nothing Party or movement.
I’m proposing we need a Do-Nothing movement (call it a party). American democracy can only survive if the Republican Party withers. The Republican establishment will fiercely oppose and obstruct the rise of any alternative party on the right. And, as we know now, they will resort to any means, legal or illegal, to thwart the capture of the Republican Party by outsiders.
What they cannot stop is the disappearance of any support from the American electorate. If we do nothing, if we do not show up to vote Republican, if we refuse to give money to any Republican candidate (particularly incumbents), if we stop registering as Republicans, and most significantly, if we abandon all emotional or political attachment to the GOP, their party (not ours anymore) will die as quickly as the useless Whig Party.
The GOP establishment has been unhappy with us (their unfortunate voters) for a long time. Jeb! Bush was convinced he could somehow buy a new electorate, with enough money spent on advertising and consultants. The consultant class became the Never-Trumpers and unleashed the Lincoln Project. They hate you, folks. And you vote for them, because you have no choice? Choose to do nothing.
Step One: the Republican Party dies
Step Two: America returns to democracy
Oldspeak
January 19, 2021 7:11 am
Reply to Raptors2021
IMO the world is not going to ever return to the pre-globalist era – at least not in the foreseeable future. So to look at politics solely through the prism of local politics is misguided. The days of the “division” being between Tories and Labor, Rep and Dem, even Conservative and Liberal is no longer applicable. Today we are in a world of Elites vs the rest. The elites are for all intent “party less”, even nation less – or to be more accurate – it’s irrelevant – because one can be whatever – just as long as the goal is achieved – CONTROL. If the citizens of the world desire or even know what they want, we will need to put aside the media controlled and elite produced propaganda, and look at everything afresh. Personally, I have little hope – just look at how childishly easy it is to BS millions of people into doing WHATEVER you desire. They have to be astonished at just how easy the majority of humanity simply folds and actually actively ENGAGES in their own destruction and pain. It may seem so obvious, but it’s like smashing ones head against the wall – so many people would rather just follow, than risk even the slightest hint of threat or danger – from whatever source. Perhaps as a whole, we do not deserve our so called democratic freedoms.
January 19, 2021 6:49 am
in the 1850s, after the withering of the Whig Party, and before the rise of the Republican Party, the opposition to the Democrats was briefly provided by the Know-Nothing Party or movement.
I’m proposing we need a Do-Nothing movement (call it a party). American democracy can only survive if the Republican Party withers. The Republican establishment will fiercely oppose and obstruct the rise of any alternative party on the right. And, as we know now, they will resort to any means, legal or illegal, to thwart the capture of the Republican Party by outsiders.
What they cannot stop is the disappearance of any support from the American electorate. If we do nothing, if we do not show up to vote Republican, if we refuse to give money to any Republican candidate (particularly incumbents), if we stop registering as Republicans, and most significantly, if we abandon all emotional or political attachment to the GOP, their party (not ours anymore) will die as quickly as the useless Whig Party.
The GOP establishment has been unhappy with us (their unfortunate voters) for a long time. Jeb! Bush was convinced he could somehow buy a new electorate, with enough money spent on advertising and consultants. The consultant class became the Never-Trumpers and unleashed the Lincoln Project. They hate you, folks. And you vote for them, because you have no choice? Choose to do nothing.
Step One: the Republican Party dies
Step Two: America returns to democracy
Oldspeak
January 19, 2021 7:11 am
Reply to Raptors2021
IMO the world is not going to ever return to the pre-globalist era – at least not in the foreseeable future. So to look at politics solely through the prism of local politics is misguided. The days of the “division” being between Tories and Labor, Rep and Dem, even Conservative and Liberal is no longer applicable. Today we are in a world of Elites vs the rest. The elites are for all intent “party less”, even nation less – or to be more accurate – it’s irrelevant – because one can be whatever – just as long as the goal is achieved – CONTROL. If the citizens of the world desire or even know what they want, we will need to put aside the media controlled and elite produced propaganda, and look at everything afresh. Personally, I have little hope – just look at how childishly easy it is to BS millions of people into doing WHATEVER you desire. They have to be astonished at just how easy the majority of humanity simply folds and actually actively ENGAGES in their own destruction and pain. It may seem so obvious, but it’s like smashing ones head against the wall – so many people would rather just follow, than risk even the slightest hint of threat or danger – from whatever source. Perhaps as a whole, we do not deserve our so called democratic freedoms.