It’s funny how some people can look at a thing and see it as blue, while others see it so clearly as red.
Conservatism as a principle doesn’t need to “evolve”, but minorities certainly do. Conservatism as a political force is in disfavor because blocks of people have fallen for the myth of the entitlement society.
Leftists have convinced these blocks that they are entitled - entitled to healthcare, entitled to housing, entitled to success. Since these are things that we ALL want, why not believe that we should be entitled to them?
The left taught minorities to trade on their victim status - to wear it like a crown of thorns and to exploit it at every turn. If you aren’t getting what you want, it must be someone else’s fault, and someone else’s responsibility to fix.
And the left elevated itself upon promises and bribes to minorities - easy promises spent from someone else’s pocketbook. It’s easy when you aren’t paying for it yourself.
Conservatives have always held to the principle of equality of opportunity - we should all have a shot at the golden ring - but there can be no guarantees of success in this world.
So short term, leftists have made gains. The problem is maintaining that advantage as we eat ourselves alive. Despite the silly leftist rhetoric to the contrary, you can’t spend your way to prosperity, and money does not, in fact, grow on trees. Someone has to generate the energy to replace that which is expended.
Leftists are telling us that we will accomplish this simply by taxing the “excess” profits of our most affluent. Nevermind that this is the functional equivalent of “killing the goose who laid the golden eggs”, the practical outcome of predatory income confiscation is that these folks will work harder - to shield THEIR MONEY from the government, resulting in LESS revenue, not more.
When the government realizes that their coffers are diminishing, they will respond in the only way they know how - by seizing even more of OUR MONEY from even more of us.
Eventually minorities will come to recognize that their own interests are poorly served by the nihilistic political ideology that the dhimmicrat party represents. They will vote with whatever is left of their pocketbook. I hope they evolve quickly - at the pace that the dhimmicrats are dismantling America I fear that there will be little left to save...
This hope that they can be avoided, or worse, paid for by someone else, simply cannot be, no matter how much we wish it.
But the people to whom I broach this topic simply will not hear it. Therefore, I believe we are in for a national reality check. For the sake of all concerned, I hope it comes swiftly and thoroughly. The longer it takes, the more and greater, will be the suffering.