They’re fighting the decline of their system of Patronage. It’s a system of merit based upon ideology, identity, influence and mutual advancement.
I’ve been watching (via Fire Stick) many WWI documentaries on YouTube. There is a fascinating parallel between the demise of the political influence of the English aristocracy and the decline of political influence of America’s Leftist elites.
The British aristocracy lost its influence and political power from the full repudiation of the carnage it wrought during WWI.
The current repudiation of the American Left’s system of patronage is due to the national and economic carnage of the Obama years and the full repudiation of the MSM.
The bulwarks of each system, having been exposed as incompetent frauds chiefly interested in protecting their own access and control of national resources for the benefit of a select few ultimately exposed and brought ruination to the very system they supposedly served.
In both cases the prevailing system of patronage failed its nation. The result was the elites were repudiated and removed from power and their means of influence greatly diminished.
They’re fighting the decline of their system of Patronage. It’s a system of merit based upon ideology, identity, influence and mutual advancement.
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That’s a driver of liberalism that not many people appreciate or understand. They want to be in total control. They want to pull the levers of power. And they absolutely want to allocate PUBLIC money toward the areas, activities and people that will perpetuate and strengthen their power base, political influence and self-aggrandizing ideological objectives.
Patronage is the keystone of it all.