As we adapt to living in Oceania (see map) it’s important to be aware of the differences between what we thought conditions were and how they really are. The point is even if intellectually we know what our government really is, unless we explicitly list all of the differences, we may find ourselves lapsing into error on specific points that we haven’t considered.
As a for instance, someone who only recently became a parent may not have considered the reality of using the public schools. Luckily all the attention over critical race theory in the schools has sounded the alarm for many parents but unless you consciously look ahead a few years you might be caught by surprise at the point when your kids start school. You have to think ahead.
And there are a thousand things like that which are affected by the regime we live under. And because of this multitude of problems that we face it seems to me that the best strategy for conservatives would be to create an overarching organization to concentrate the resources for the whole population and use the economies of scale to provide clout on our behalf. As an example, we might look at the way AARP acts as an advocate for the benefit of older people. By utilizing the membership fees and the buying power of this large pool of individuals they are able to get reduced cost benefits from insurance companies, drug companies, vacation resorts, airlines and many other businesses.
Just imagine if a “club” with over a hundred million members negotiates with a company or some other organization. Let’s call it the AANP (American Association of Normal People). You could only imagine the leverage they would have. Suppose you were a publisher of school text books and such an organization said they were interested in making a deal to buy books for all their private schools from you but only if you produced a line of history and social studies texts that didn’t include the propaganda that the Left has been pushing for decades. If this was a contract worth hundreds of millions of dollars a year, do you suppose you might put aside your ideology to get that contract? I’m guessing the answer is yes. Now this supposes that there is a whole network of private schools that would want these text books. But once again, with an organization to represent conservative parents I could see religious schools and other private schools organizing to standardize on non-woke text books. And if they did standardize, they could expect to reduce cost by this same economy of scale.
And this is just one example. Imagine if Netflix was approached with a proposal to provide a premium service for conservatives that included only entertainment that wouldn’t disgust its viewers. I think Netflix would jump at the chance to expand their business. Who knows, Netflix might even be able to steal away the entertainment crown from Disney and start producing superhero movies and cartoons that parents and children could watch together without embarrassment.
But the biggest benefit of having an advocacy organization for conservatives would be the clout it would have with Republican politicians. First off it could objectively rate the existing Republican politicians and provide a scorecard. And then it could become a lobbying organization to bribe our representatives to actually act on our behalf. I know it’s shocking to think of Republicans forced to help us but it could work. There would be a carrot and a stick to help them remember why they’re in Washington.
Anyway, that’s what seems to make sense to me. Why it hasn’t already been organized is a mystery to me. Surely all these conservative think tanks must have some people who work on practical efforts. But this could be part of that same problem I mentioned at the beginning of this post. We still think this is our country and that it’s working for us instead of against us. When we get that through our thick skulls then maybe we’ll start to get organized.