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Northbound and Down
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IOgUaFkpS3Y

https://boriquagato.substack.com/p/let-them-eat-cake-moments

the latest budget struggle represents a new and even more tone deaf escalation.

let’s play make beleive for a moment:

imagine threatening to shut down the government unless the american people fund free healthcare, housing, and food for illegals.

imagine thinking the public was with you on what’s probably damn near an 80/20 issue.

what kind of rabid weasels would need to be running around in your head to not only think this was a good idea but to think you could sell it to the american people as the economy falters for most outside of the upper classes?

how could anyone expect this to play among those struggling to make ends meet?

the charitible take is:

this is the terrible price of longterm life inside of echo chambers and having no idea what the rest of the country thinks.

the less charitable take is:

this party is a wounded, cornered animal that is 100% aware that if the illegals lose their goodies and self-deport, that the dems will lose voters and house seat/electoral college apportionment to blue states in such numbers as to be unable to contend for power.

my take is:

both are true and that the swamp donkey leadership knows that it is in existential extremis without USAID and imported voters and clout and at the same time that they have gravely miscalculated how unpopular the continued championing of such has become.

they know that they need to do this but have no idea how severe the backlash will be.

they are sure they can just “demsplain” it to you and moralize harder.

Patrick says

imagine threatening to shut down the government unless the american people fund free healthcare, housing, and food for illegals.

imagine thinking the public was with you on what’s probably damn near an 80/20 issue.

I'm excited for this if the Trump Admin goes on the offensive: "Democrats will shut the government down unless illegals get free shit!"

Usually Republicans respond to outrageous Dem claims, I suggest the opposite this time, make them defend funding illegals. "It's only a Hundreds of Billions!"

What is lacking is a sense of common purpose, of unity as Americans.

Deliberately divisive diversity is a disaster. It prevents us from unifying to demand a government which eliminates the debt.

This is why "diversity" is a religion relentlessly pushed on us from above. It protects power from being taken back by the people.

https://archive.boston.com/news/globe/ideas/articles/2007/08/05/the_downside_of_diversity/

How can we re-achieve unity?

- Seriously secure the border and immediately deport all those who came in illegally.

- Actively oppose all praise for "diversity" and replace it with calls for unity as Americans and the Melting Pot.

- Declare English to be the sole national language, and eliminate all government documents and services in foreign languages.

- Make everyone coming into the country stand in the exact same lines in the airports, explicitly prohibiting private planes from getting special treatment. Same for all government services. The very wealthy must be obligated to use exactly the same government services as the poorest with no exceptions whatsoever, not even for the president. Then quality will surge, along with faith in our system.

- A year of obligatory national service at the age of 18, mixing young citizens in a provably random selection in camps which help build and repair national infrastructure.

The psychology of service is very important. Once people have put a year of work into literally building and repairing America, they will feel a greater sense of ownership in it. And meeting a large random selection of your fellow citizens and that age will cross-link all the strata of society.