Very true. The way our country is organized, the most populous areas vote democratic. But the structure of our political system has given fewer voters from less populated areas disproportionate weight. Plus, conservatives are passionate and they tend to vote. I think they sense that the tide of history has been moving against them. This necessitates they obstruct, obfuscate, and work very hard…yet again and again, they keep running into the hard wall of facts and reality. The typical conservative response is not careful deliberation, but panicked hysteria, flinging half truths and emotional nonsense all about the place.
But I think my essential point remains. Compared to Western Europe, fo example, ours is a fairly conservative country when it comes to guns, military spending, the social safety net, religion, and so forth.
Very true. The way our country is organized, the most populous areas vote democratic. But the structure of our political system has given fewer voters from less populated areas disproportionate weight. Plus, conservatives are passionate and they tend to vote. I think they sense that the tide of history has been moving against them. This necessitates they obstruct, obfuscate, and work very hard…yet again and again, they keep running into the hard wall of facts and reality. The typical conservative response is not careful deliberation, but panicked hysteria, flinging half truths and emotional nonsense all about the place.
But I think my essential point remains. Compared to Western Europe, fo example, ours is a fairly conservative country when it comes to guns, military spending, the social safety net, religion, and so forth.