“There is life, and there is life in newspapers.” Alfred Wainwright (1907-1991), British writer
The morning after the election, I woke up to the news and felt an unusual sense of euphoria immediately and for the next several hours. After all, I write about politics, and no matter what the news is, my normal state of mind ranges from anxiety to fear.
No, I didn’t think the new president would solve everything, or actually almost everything. Our society is too divided and confused to rely on a single official. As any old journalist can understand, my sense of well-being was alarming.
Later that week, sitting in my weekly card game of grizzled pessimists, killjoys, and cheats, I realized that the players at the table had similar warm feelings about the fate of the country. I was even more surprised. This was a real mystery.
But political science came to the rescue. The term “cascade of preferences” has been proposed to describe our feelings of commitment.
Before I get into that, I would like to say that never before in the history of democratic elections have so many kind words been spoken to a winning candidate, so many vitriolic words flung about, and so many lies sown. Whether it would have been is debatable. It became a grand experiment in questioning whether human nature, especially the American spirit, can be crushed by the ruling elite.
The law of preference cascades happily states that the will of the people, the zeitgeist, may be temporarily denounced, but will eventually continue to overflow and flow. For complete clinical explanations, we rely on Chatgpt.
This term refers to a sudden change in public opinion. It is often triggered by a tipping point where individuals previously considered to hold minority or unpopular views are given an opportunity (such as an election) to openly express their true preferences. “As more people begin to express the same opinion, those who were previously hesitant to speak or act also participate, leading to a chain effect in which new preferences spread rapidly.”
The left is constantly working hard to convince us that we are on the “wrong side of history.” But once in power, their policies go against human nature. Ultimately, in order to get history right, sooner or later they have to try to change history and us by force.
Dear Ones, the feeling that we are in the minority and that a “change” is beginning has been weighing heavily on our hearts for a long time. What a relief it will be to have it lifted, even if only temporarily. The election figures revealed that even more people share our concerns about a strong woke regime.
This is the result of decades of organized propaganda, cease and desist, weaponization of the Justice Department and FBI, ideological capture of universities, racial ridicule, jealous hatred, and attempts to destroy our society in general. It is no small thing if we go through a joint effort to do so. .
For now, hurrah, let’s cascade the settings!
