I agree. But I don't think it is inevitable that the bubble goes up. What's happening right now is that a lot of gas is being let out of the leftist bag -- I think they've alienated a lot of people whom might have leant them at least tacit support.
They might have alienated middle America but a majority of the population on both coasts and the big Democrat Cities are more committed to the radical Left cause than even when His Heinous took the throne in 2009.
I'm not even counting all the "immigrants" he put here from the Middle East and the invasion from South American Squatters.
In terms of population - the 'alienated' are a minority, even though we hold an overwhelming greater percentage of the square footage in the country.
It is possible that the hard left fringe will continue to discredit itself to the point where they'll build a majority on the other side.
Are you kidding me? The indoctrination of kids in the publik screwel system believe their parents are intolerant privileged racists and that Obama is god. The older than 40 crowd that voted Democrat for their whole lives might be waking up, but the younger generations WANT the kind of radical Communism that the rest of us reject. Because the Left has played to the base human nature of envy, jealousy and vengeance - and taught them that this is what you use the government for.
People don't like cops being ambushed, etc.. While there might be some leftist-initiated violence, the fact that their extremist views are a comparatively a small minority, and they won't control either the police or the military, will dampen their ability to cause major damage.
Such efforts will undoubtedly cause an overreaching crackdown or a hoped-for response from the targets of the population they have demonized for decades. A violent reaction does two things: it kills liberty as more restrictions are imposed to make us all 'safe' and it initiates further resentment to swell the ranks of the 'disaffected'. The Left knows and understands this, because they are governed by end justifies the means.
We are never going back to what we were growing up as a society. The Left will not permit it, and the overwhelming majority of the population and the culture does not want it either.
Empty churches are my proof with a total change in the fundamental morality that once governed society being seen as an evil by the majority.
Modern American society is too interconnected in terms of transportation of foodstuffs, fuel, and other essentials, the transmission of life-sustaining electricity, etc., for the vast majority of people to support violence on that level.
Exactly. Any effort to resist a big central government tyranny would never be supported by the people when shelves are bare and the comforts we are accustomed are not easily available. It will be easy for any demagogue to blame those resisting tyranny or causing mayhem for the shortages and empty shelves, and this people will applaud an iron fist being used and kept on tap to ensure the shelves are full. This works to the advantage of the Statist, be they Communist or Fascist. Liberty still dies. To thunderous applause.
We also are completely intermingled -- there really isn't aren't any national geographic lines that can be draw that would place overwhelming support for one POV over the other -- cities are found in every state, and they tend to be leftist.
Robspierre proved that theory wrong. All one has to do is pander to base human nature of envy and vengeance and people will gladly turn in their neighbors for 'justice'. ESPECIALLY over matters economic. You know - "those eeeviiiil rich people".
If we got to the point of significant violence, it is far more likely to be small-scale guerilla or terrorist in nature. Either from the right or the left.
Which engenders the aforementioned iron fist, which will be applauded by the masses and the Statist gets a while new paradigm of power and control they did not enjoy beforehand.
