This study raises a disturbing question: if for various reasons - primarily the dysfunction of distorted demographics that almost entirely favor the left and the fact of much of the opinion generating media apparatus in Western democracies being irrevocably in the hands of the liberal elite - if because of these forces a conservative view of government and governance is dead or dying yet the ascendent liberal view of such is manifestly ruinous [the presidency of Obama and the EU are towering examples of how true that is] then what's to become of us? A fracturing of Western polities as frustrated conservative elements try to throw off the enervating yoke of liberalism by splitting from it? But if that, then why not an all out collapse of the West? It's very hard to imagine anything but dark days lying in wait down the road - the rise of far right wing parties in Europe are no doubt a foreboding of what may be in store - and if the destabilizing effects of ill conceived, unreasonable and when it comes to illegals utterly unhinged from reality demographic changes truly have the ability to turn Texas into a swing state by 2020, then America as we know it is essentially doomed - it will either in actuality or for all intents and purposes break apart, with conservatives concluding that there's simply no point participating in a hopelessly compromised political process - if we get to the point where this study seems to suggest we are unavoidably heading towards of the only choices available for who sits in the White House being between the very liberal candidate and the not quite so liberal as that candidate, then, sorry, that's got dysfunction, chaos and decline written all over it.
[now of course progressives will charge that such a pessimistic view is motivated by racism - but if the Obama years have taught us anything it's that when liberals cry racism that's their way of insulating themselves and their constituency from the truth - as George Will said recently, when facts and logic are not on your side, hammer on the table and bewail some grievous offense]
[I've always maintained that great powers cannot be governed from the left and remain powerful. Sidebar: how much of this factors into Putin's thinking? I'm suggesting that unabated liberal governance will break apart the US, maybe Putin already sees that happening in Europe - maybe he's positioning himself to pick up the pieces - other disturbing question: the US has underwritten European security for a long time now, freeing them to dump money down the welfare state toilet - but if demographics etc etc turn America into Europe, who will underwrite our security? When Putin, China, Iran et al look at us, is that the opportunity they see opening up? I mean, it seems pretty clear that Obama does not view American power as a valuable thing worth preserving - the KGB always believed that the liberal elite in America would eventually sap it of real power leaving it vulnerable - is this the beginning of that proving true?]
[now of course progressives will charge that such a pessimistic view is motivated by racism - but if the Obama years have taught us anything it's that when liberals cry racism that's their way of insulating themselves and their constituency from the truth - as George Will said recently, when facts and logic are not on your side, hammer on the table and bewail some grievous offense]
[I've always maintained that great powers cannot be governed from the left and remain powerful. Sidebar: how much of this factors into Putin's thinking? I'm suggesting that unabated liberal governance will break apart the US, maybe Putin already sees that happening in Europe - maybe he's positioning himself to pick up the pieces - other disturbing question: the US has underwritten European security for a long time now, freeing them to dump money down the welfare state toilet - but if demographics etc etc turn America into Europe, who will underwrite our security? When Putin, China, Iran et al look at us, is that the opportunity they see opening up? I mean, it seems pretty clear that Obama does not view American power as a valuable thing worth preserving - the KGB always believed that the liberal elite in America would eventually sap it of real power leaving it vulnerable - is this the beginning of that proving true?]
