The Republicans will be not only powerless but are hopelessly fractured and might even split in half. They shall take the fall for a while, as the Dems will blame them for any misery we presently suffer. But that will only last so long. If California and New York and our major cities are models for what our lives shall become, we are in for a very rough ride for some time.
Politicians need hate objects to run against and media folks need click bait to sell advertisements. The Dems are themselves split a little and will find it hard to reward all their identity groups, and impossible to prevent a widening of the wealth gap when their biggest donors control the lobbyists who write all the tax bill loopholes Virtue signaling has worked for them so far... though not nearly as much as race baiting. But it's gonna be hard to claim that Republican racism is responsible for inner city poverty and crime if the Republican party is now totally irrelevant.
So the Dems and the media might desperately need a replacement villain, lest their identity groups turn on one another. This is already in the offing when it comes to women's issues and gender dysphoria acceptance (ie., Title IX is in big trouble if there are no longer any distinctions between the sexes), They can't even use old Cocaine Mitch, who will now be a toothless political eunuch who can't stand in the way of any Democrat legislation.
I worry a little that this means we shall need a war to get people's minds off all our problems and gin up our passions. I mean... it did work with WWII. And we do have a craving for it based on the popularity of violent video games.
The problem is that we can't fight China when our most powerful corporations and the Biden family are so in bed with the Chi-Coms. And the Dems have long favored the Iranians over the Israelis.
So... I guess.... the bad guy would have to be... wait for it... Putin!
Too bad for him that he couldn't rig this election as well.
Xi would love for the anti-Russian thing to continue, so that will probably continue. And, after all, most Russians are white, so it is ok to be bigots against them.
To identify a war that would “gin up our passions.” Didn’t fit your story.
My Dad who lost 3 years of his life over there and a college scholly would respectfully disagree.
Circling the bowl.
And it worked!
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