Conservatives have been trained to focus on the war of ideas.
I was there in my college and grad school years.
I was wrong.
The reality is that politics is about power.
Ideas are just propaganda tools for those who have power, want to keep power or want to get power.
That is why the lefties focus on large institutions of all kinds.
They want you ordered to obey.
They want you to obey because you are afraid not to obey.
This is about power—whether it is perverts, vaccines, insane foreign policy, illegal immigration, supporting criminals etc etc etc etc.
If you are weak and helpless they are strong.
All that matters is who has the power.
Good post and very true.
“The reality is that politics is about power.”
For most Republicans, it’s all about the DC country club and cocktail party circuit and paying lip-service to preserving what’s good about America.
For all Democrats, it is pure, unbridled power. As you say, they use extreme fear to cow the populace. ALL parts of the government are now governing by fear. Just look at how the FBI is destroying its whistleblowers. Look at the J6 prisoners. Look at the guy going to jail for a meme. Look at the NYC Marine saving his fellow subway riders from a deranged, murderous man. Look at what happened to those who didn’t get the COVID drug. Fear is everywhere now.