Maybe the challenge for Democrats is their hesitancy to not play by some set of rules, which is actually honorable. Keep your heads about you!
The Republicans abandoned that nicety a long time ago, mostly because they were and are desperate. They know the score, they know that what they’re trying to sell is archaic in many ways, quite undesirable– ok, grossly racist and paranoid and self-serving– so they abandoned tact and patience and went directly to pulling wool and cheating and heavy-handed dealings.
They mastered the dark art of gerrymandering, they bought into just being assholes about everything. They’ve sold their souls to foreign players, they’ve apparently decided that a two-party system is cumbersome, especially when the other party wants to spend so much time on social justice and lending a hand and separating church and state and actually wrestling with issues.
When Trump came along, all that was blown out of the water. It became less about listening and rational governance and policy development, and more about simply winning and having control.
The developing tragedy is that the likes of Trump and Miller and Bannon are finding a way to prevail. The nation is suffering because genuine needs are playing second fiddle to stale ideology and a lust for power. And what’s really galling is that this minority appears to be steering the ship.
The actual majority is too acquiescent, maybe lazy. In any case, too quiet. Perhaps there’s a balance to be struck– between reason and decorum, and in your face.
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