Problem I see is that it's like planting your corn crop in October...complete failure and waste.
There's no time left for growing things.
Maybe you should have started a couple of elections ago instead of clinging onto a New York liberal as your lord and saviour.
@libertybele, please don't take the bait. It just leads back into the circular firing squad and solves nothing.
Best I can determine is the conservatives/traditionalists in the Boomer generation understood what was going on, but failed in their strategy to fight it.
The other side changed hearts and minds and then brought them into the voting booth, conservative Boomers skipped this step. The other side overwhelmed ---- simultaneously transforming every social institution giving the majority of voters at least one reason to vote for them. For decades, conservative Boomers were transfixed on two issues: abortion and social spending; becoming the didactic voice of takeaways in the process.
Hearts and minds matter. Until conservative Boomers embrace this and use it to make their case, they remain an obstacle to that proverbial pendulum swinging. On this, and IMHO, much can be learned from Donald Trump.
@Right_in_Virginia Actually, it was easier for them to change hearts and minds because they always played to the lowest common denominator. Their mantra is one that appeals to those who say gimme, gimme, gimme and don't hold me responsible for my life choices, just bail me out.
Conservatism is based on less intrusion from the government and allowing citizens to plot their own course. All the "benevolent" spending -- and the notion that that's how government should work -- has caught up to us.
This Boomer attempted to sway her Greatest Generation parents but was unsuccessful. They were union and the union did their thinking for them. The sad part was that I know the values they taught me. They weren't leftists. They just voted Democrat and twisted into pretzels to justify it. I don't know how you get past that.