A surprising number of self-described right wing writers think that conservatives are not intelligent enough to govern themselves. The argument goes like this:
A welcome counterweight to northeastern dominance is the growth of the Sunbelt. This long term trend really kicked into gear after 2020 and building a truly alternative system in Texas/Florida is key.
I think the push for immigration is largely about trying to neutralize this. California once represented an alternative power block, now it’s synonymous with the far left because of immigration. The goal is obviously to do to Texas what was done to California, as noted elite Elon Musk calls out.
New York, where I’m from, also used to represent a different power block, but it too has been made uncompetitive by immigration. It wasn’t that long ago you could imagine republican mayors of NYC.
What has kept the GOP competitive is that in the last 20 years the Scots Irish of Appalachia switched parties. They overwhelmingly voted for bill Clinton and overwhelmingly voted against his wife. It’s difficult to see how the GOP could be competitive without them, and while this pulls down the average white iq of the GOP it’s far less problematic then the democrats relationship with blacks.
Elections right now hinge on whether rust belt “nice” white women dislike Trump or progressives more. This is the part of the country where whites put up numbers close to that national average, but black votes get the elections close to 50/50. Romneyism didn’t win over these people in sufficient numbers despite being “nice”, and he was a total flop with non-whites.
Trumpism is the problem for conservatism. Trump represents a total revolt of the white rabble conservative against the conservative elite. This leads the conservative movement lead by midwits.
Aristocracy isn't the only element of Southern culture. There's also (fighting) honor, Evangelical Christianity, and race-consciousness. And some parts of the aristocratic ethos are not anathema in America, even if political aristocracy is.
Also how to change the culture/dominate:
1)defund Hollywood via reducing copyright
2)business classes in highschool
3)find right wing gamers/influencers and other decentralized entertainment figures
4)reduce college length
Great post.
A welcome counterweight to northeastern dominance is the growth of the Sunbelt. This long term trend really kicked into gear after 2020 and building a truly alternative system in Texas/Florida is key.
I think the push for immigration is largely about trying to neutralize this. California once represented an alternative power block, now it’s synonymous with the far left because of immigration. The goal is obviously to do to Texas what was done to California, as noted elite Elon Musk calls out.
New York, where I’m from, also used to represent a different power block, but it too has been made uncompetitive by immigration. It wasn’t that long ago you could imagine republican mayors of NYC.
What has kept the GOP competitive is that in the last 20 years the Scots Irish of Appalachia switched parties. They overwhelmingly voted for bill Clinton and overwhelmingly voted against his wife. It’s difficult to see how the GOP could be competitive without them, and while this pulls down the average white iq of the GOP it’s far less problematic then the democrats relationship with blacks.
Elections right now hinge on whether rust belt “nice” white women dislike Trump or progressives more. This is the part of the country where whites put up numbers close to that national average, but black votes get the elections close to 50/50. Romneyism didn’t win over these people in sufficient numbers despite being “nice”, and he was a total flop with non-whites.
Trumpism is the problem for conservatism. Trump represents a total revolt of the white rabble conservative against the conservative elite. This leads the conservative movement lead by midwits.
Aristocracy isn't the only element of Southern culture. There's also (fighting) honor, Evangelical Christianity, and race-consciousness. And some parts of the aristocratic ethos are not anathema in America, even if political aristocracy is.