The point is that when you see some backwoods lib gain votes from one election to the next, it gains credibility.
When there are enough ‘protest votes’ showing up in the numbers, it is something that can be pointed to in your argument.
Look, I don’t honestly/literally believe this mess is fixable. I genuinely believe that we are headed for a Fallout 3/Road Warrior scenario that nothing by the book can ever stop since most people on the left AND the right are cowards, drooling morons and at best, indifferent to reality. But I am going to do what I can until the day that society collapses.
I think you’re confusing means with ends a bit. I couldn’t care less which politician is left holding the scepter and wearing the robes so long as my natural rights are respected, and there is minimal intrusion into my life.
I’m coming to the conclusion that whether what I find important is attained is less a function of the whatever “leader” is elected or selected, and more a function of the leadership’s perception of the populace at large. Or said another way, the political class doesn’t worry about elections; they control those. What they tend to worry about is large groups of unruly people showing up and spoiling their fun. And perceptions tend to matter more than reality. So why waste time and resources showing up for some game of “electoral 3 card monte” when you can show up and do something effective?
“I genuinely believe that we are headed for a Fallout 3/Road Warrior scenario that nothing by the book can ever stop since most people on the left AND the right are cowards, drooling morons and at best, indifferent to reality.”
I’m by nature an optimist. I see a better future as a possibility if not a likelihood as there are plenty of other like minded people out there. The key is in the organization and co-location of those like minded individuals. And there are already folks acting on some very good ideas.