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Politics : Electoral College 2000 - Ahead of the Curve -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: TraderGreg who wrote (2987)	11/22/2000 11:20:03 AM
From: CYBERKEN	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 6710

No armed revolutions here. The conflict-that has boiled down to a few exciting weeks in FLA for now-is rather longer term. The Dems seem to enjoy the heck out of seeing an occasional race riot in their home areas: gives them a chance to engage in lots of old "60's rhetoric once again. But that stuff is pretty-well over the dam. The conflict in our stable environment is more a question of time and pressure. This election highlights, for instance, that America is no longer held together by any common interests. The nation's declining and decadent urban areas hold political sway over the innovative and productive suburbs and rural areas, taxing and oppressing them to redistribute the wealth and power to the totalitarians. The election process is diluted and neutralized by the elimination of any reasonable qualifications for voter registration, and the mobilization of human flotsom on election day to thwart the will of the people. The academic community long ago abandoned the civilization that nurtured them, and now engage in a subtle guerrilla war against it under the guise of "political correctness". Ultimately I think you will see a general renaissance, probably facilitated by the growing Telecosm. The issues that will come into the public debate-much to the chagrin of liberals-will include massive reform of the institutions of higher education (yes, you will call it a "witch hunt" and "McCarthyism"-and that will make you feel better, which, of course, is your real goal), and a revisitation of the idea of succession from the Union. The latter is an idea that was never settled-simply destroyed for over a century by an ancient war. It's merits were never successfully disputed. Lastly, of course, there is the possibility that we will experience an unexpectedly severe recession (though I don't personally see it anytime soon). At which point, the newly-discovered "investor class" will rise up in anger and punish liberalism at the first election opportunity. But, essentially, the process of renaissance will be slow and gradual, as they usually have been in history. The ability of the new totalitarians to steal elections could delay their demise for some period, which is why I'm still hoping for their defeat in the current round...