Sarah Hoyt has a long form of today that is definitely worth your time to read. Here:
And yes, I do get that almost all of us either have a job in the periphery of the government or have someone close to us who does and whose jobs are now in jeopardy, and people need to live, feed the kids, pay mortgage, and no matter how much they want to cut government, a lot of people are panicking.
The extent of the upheaval, how far cutting government affects everything? That’s the problem. Right there. The government has been swallowing the nation. And the government doesn’t generate wealth, regardless of what the left thinks. It only consumes it.
We HAVE to cut government, because otherwise the nation is going to collapse.
True.
Any change is going to make us wonder if we’re going down the right path. Second guessing ourselves and our situations is how we survive in large part.
And yes, there’s a large amount of change going on. But she’s right, scary as it is, it’s got to be done.
But I responded in the comment section over there…
And that’s one of the reasons why the left is essentially losing its
$#!+ over Trump. That’s why even some of his supporters are looking
agape at the situation.
Some would call it shock and awe.I’ve said for years… And taken as something of an axiom… that one of the
worst things you can do to a politician…(And face it gang if you’re actually reading this you’re probably heavily involved in politics to begin with)… is actually solve a problem because the moment you do that they lose the ability to demagogue the situation.In reality that’s only half the story. To varying degrees, we, all of us, tend toward the
status quo, the calm harbor, the quiet secret places. That is precisely
why they get away with the demagoguery. Actual change instead of simply
talking about it can be nerve-racking by comparison.
And this editorial cartoon explains it rather well…
The tactic of shock and awe, is exactly the way to proceed here. I think Trump’s got that one right. Keep the left on their back foot and unable to substantively respond… Unable to stop the movement. That’s where we find ourselves now.
Oh, you will see I’m sure the number of people on social media going absolutely nuts at volume 11… Breathless, fake outrage. Otherwise known as butthurt.
In reality it’s all they’ve got.
So, to put it in the same vein as Sarah does, relax for a while. Certainly continue to respond to what you see but understand we’re in a lot better shape as a movement and as a country then we’ve been in a long, long time.
