It\u2019s fair to say that divisions are sharpening between several political groups in this country.\u00a0 The first group represents the point of view of the cultural elites.\u00a0 Now this group has any number of names.\u00a0 Some people call them the managerial class because they fill the ranks of the upper echelons of corporate America.\u00a0 They run the private corporations and public institutions.\u00a0 They were educated at elite schools and colleges.\u00a0 They believe that they are the natural leaders of this country and they have a very low opinion of the rest of society.\u00a0 And they think the constitutional order is an encumbrance to allowing them to remake society according to their plans.\u00a0 This group has the most power and they have become adept at using \u201cdivide and conquer\u201d techniques to prevent anyone from wresting power from their hands.\u00a0 They wholly control both the Democrat and Republican parties and use these puppets to confound anyone attempting to change the status quo.<\/p>\n
Another group are those who have seen through the elites\u2019 puppet show and are now completely disillusioned with all aspects of the government.\u00a0 They are waiting for the revolution.<\/p>\n
A third group are those who describe themselves as civic nationalists.\u00a0 Many of them are aware of the puppet show but have hope to see the elites\u2019 grip on power ended.<\/p>\n
And then there are those who are client groups of the elites.\u00a0 Large majorities of African Americans, Asian Americans, Latinos and LGBTQ individuals follow the elites\u2019 lead on almost every question or issue because they are given special consideration by the elites to maintain their hold on the system.<\/p>\n
The question I have is whether the political polarization will lead to cultural and identity shifts in these people.\u00a0 Up until a decade ago, more or less, almost everyone in this country considered themselves Americans first and foremost.\u00a0 I don\u2019t think that is any longer true.\u00a0 Barack Obama made it a very large part of his agenda to stir up animosity against white people within the black population.\u00a0 And that has borne bitter fruit.\u00a0 And this has been reflected in the elites as an anti-white ideology that we now call woke culture.\u00a0 And this woke ideology in turn has sparked in the disillusioned group I described above an antipathy against American identity as a flag-waving trap.\u00a0 They have rejected the idea that Americans of different races or even different ethnic backgrounds constitute a cohesive nation.<\/p>\n
So, on the Far Left you have a rejection of the history and people who were the basis of the country and on the Far Right you have a denial that disparate groups represent a people.\u00a0 And then you have everyone else in the middle trying to figure where all this leaves them.<\/p>\n
Now finding myself in that middle I wonder whether the two outside groups will get their wish and tear this country apart.\u00a0 And will it be torn in two pieces or three?\u00a0 I feel somehow that the middle by itself could make a country that would be closest to the idea of what America was a hundred years ago or so.<\/p>\n
I think the middle would be happy going back to what we had back then.\u00a0 We could all celebrate the 4th<\/sup> of July and Thanksgiving together and leave it at that.\u00a0 We could still pledge allegiance to the stars and stripes.\u00a0 Although if the outside groups decide to peel off a few states for their areas we\u2019d have to renumber the stars somewhat.\u00a0 We\u2019d speak English and teach our kids about Christopher Columbus, George Washington and Abraham Lincoln.\u00a0 But maybe we could skip Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and Joe Biden.\u00a0 And we could go back to getting along as best we can amongst each other without reparations or affirmative action or pretending that perfect equality and perfect racial harmony are things you find in the real world.\u00a0 We could make that work pretty well.<\/p>\n But what I wonder about is what would the other two groups look like in fifty years.\u00a0 I get the idea that the elite state would have some serious problems.\u00a0 I look at California and New York and I see real dysfunction.\u00a0 And I can\u2019t figure out what their culture would be like.\u00a0 Without the people in the middle to demonize I\u2019m not sure how the elites would be able to confuse their client groups into not attacking them personally.\u00a0 After all, they are the richest and whitest people of all and they are responsible, according to their logic for all the grievances that the other groups have.\u00a0 It\u2019s going to be pretty hard to change that opinion.<\/p>\n So, I see the elite state as like California only worse.\u00a0 I think it\u2019ll either rethink all the woke nonsense or it\u2019ll collapse.\u00a0 But either way it\u2019ll be a sight to behold and a cautionary tale.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Now as for the disillusioned, I\u2019m trying to imagine what their country would be like.\u00a0 First off, it\u2019ll be very white.\u00a0 That\u2019s a given.\u00a0 I\u2019m guessing it\u2019ll be well-organized and won\u2019t have a very good basketball league.\u00a0 And it will have a very efficient border patrol but maybe not the best restaurants.\u00a0 Just kidding!<\/p>\n Will it have a 4th<\/sup> of July celebration and Thanksgiving?\u00a0 Maybe.\u00a0 Will it be a republic, a monarchy, an oligarchy?\u00a0 I wonder if they know?\u00a0 From what I\u2019ve gleaned they\u2019re not so hot on democratic forms of government.\u00a0 Maybe someone from that side could give us a thumbnail sketch of their idea of a good government.\u00a0 Of course I\u2019m not being fair.\u00a0 Humans have failed at maintaining a prosperous stable form of government at all times and places on this planet.\u00a0 Why should the disillusioned be held to a higher standard?<\/p>\n But if I had a choice of which group I\u2019d live with it would be the middle.\u00a0 Without the elites provoking the client groups I think that we could have a very decent country.\u00a0 I happen to believe that there are differences in intelligence and temperament amongst groups of people.\u00a0 But the business of society is making up rules that can be applied across the great swath of human variation in a way that most people could agree was fair.\u00a0 After all, even within an almost homogeneous group like a neighborhood of people who all came from the same village in the old country you will have some very smart individuals and then you\u2019ll have the village idiot.\u00a0 But the hope is that even the idiot can find a job where he contributes, maybe he\u2019s the street sweeper or he walks dogs.<\/p>\n This idea that everyone has to be within one standard deviation in intelligence doesn\u2019t seem necessary.\u00a0 So, I\u2019m willing to live in a heterogeneous society as long as I\u2019m allowed the freedoms that the constitution provides and the people running the show are honest and competent.<\/p>\n I wouldn\u2019t want to be in Neo-California.\u00a0 That place will be a nightmare and the rules are unfair and crazy.<\/p>\n And I couldn\u2019t live in Asgaard.\u00a0 I\u2019m not nearly white enough nor hard-working enough.\u00a0 Way too much Italic influence.<\/p>\n So put me with the mutts.\u00a0 If we can manage to maintain the system that the English put together for us two hundred and forty years ago, we could have a little slice of heaven on Earth.\u00a0 Or maybe I\u2019m totally wrong.\u00a0 What do you think?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" It\u2019s fair to say that divisions are sharpening between several political groups in this country.\u00a0 The first group represents the point of view of 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