The recent bus service from Texas to New York City and Washington DC that Governor Abbott initiated got me thinking.\u00a0 It sort of aligns with the idea of acceleration that is popular with some on the Dissident Right.\u00a0 The idea is to accelerate the crazy ideas that the Left favors in order to let reality crash the system sooner.\u00a0 The thought is that hitting bottom is the only way to convince the stupid that their beliefs are irrational.<\/p>\n
I have mixed feelings about the accelerationist theory.\u00a0 Hitting bottom seems like a particularly dangerous place to be.\u00a0 I\u2019m not sure some of these \u201cbottom\u201d conditions can be reversed.\u00a0 For instance, if Biden allows another fifty million illegal aliens to invade the country, I\u2019m not sure it will be possible to repair that kind of damage short of some horrific violence that might finish the country off altogether.<\/p>\n
But the example of the bus rides points to a different kind of acceleration.\u00a0 If the damage can be restricted to blue states, then maybe the actions will serve a purpose.\u00a0 Suppose the bus rides were extended to other groups that aren\u2019t wanted in the Red States.\u00a0 For instance, imagine if the homeless could be persuaded to move to California.\u00a0 And the same could extend to prison inmates.\u00a0 Their sentences could be commuted if they agreed to leave the red states permanently.\u00a0 After all New York and California have been pioneering the concept of emptying the prisons and eliminating criminal convictions.\u00a0 It only makes sense to send career criminals where their talents can be put to their best effect.<\/p>\n
I haven\u2019t gone through all the accelerationist scenarios that could be handled this way but I\u2019m sure it could be quite interesting to play this thought experiment.\u00a0 Maybe there could even be some kind of negotiations to get certain corporations to move out of state.\u00a0 Or more realistically, provide a carrot and stick approach for companies (and universities) based on whether they engage in anti-social behavior like white guilt struggle sessions and EDI propaganda.\u00a0 Hefty fines for each infraction would quickly make these companies weigh whether their policies were more important than relocating.\u00a0 As a practical example, Ron DeSantis has recently tweaked Disney by eliminating their self-governing status in Florida.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see if further \u201clessons\u201d influence Disney\u2019s propensity for condemning conservative laws and programs in Florida.\u00a0 Changing their behavior would be a major victory.<\/p>\n
Obviously, my poor efforts are woefully insufficient to evaluate just how many similar ideas could be identified.\u00a0 Governors and legislatures are the right ones to do it.\u00a0 Imagine if Washington DC could be inundated with a million illegal aliens and a hundred thousand freed felons.\u00a0 Joe Biden would probably have to roll out the razor wire and call back the National Guard to keep his friends from defecating on his lawn, stealing the catalytic converter on his bomb proof limousine and spray painting, \u201cLet\u2019s Go Brandon\u201d on the side of the West Wing.<\/p>\n
Well anyway, that\u2019s what I thought about this evening.\u00a0 You see, I can be constructive if I try.\u00a0 It doesn\u2019t always have to be doom and gloom.\u00a0 We can have fun once in a while too.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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