I think this election really shows the strength of the average American culture. Big city ethnic enclaves still vote D, for sure. But there are so many other stories where where these disparate groups, living and integrated into the American society that came out big for Trump. And they also cut across history - Amish, some native American tribes, Cubans, mostly non-urban/non-chinese Asians, and more traditional latinos. They understood law and order is what truly protects them. They also understood the lesson there is no where else to go, if the left really gains power here. Yes, they may all be practicing an assimilated version of their culture, but what is undeniable is higher taxes & more lockdown kills ANY culture, when every household stands alone.
The "politics of crowded spaces" is always intrusive, because in city interactions, often times it is intrusive with people only only deal with exactly once. The Jersey wiseguy thinks he gets the better of you because he hustles harder, the SF progressive thinks he/she/it gets to decide because they are more sophisticated than you, in the end it doesn't matter in how they want that power. The Dems trade as much on that thuggishness as they do on smug paternalism. That MI poll worker intimidation case is exactly this kind of mindset at work.
I think this election really shows the strength of the average American culture. Big city ethnic enclaves still vote D, for sure. But there are so many other stories where where these disparate groups, living and integrated into the American society that came out big for Trump. And they also cut across history - Amish, some native American tribes, Cubans, mostly non-urban/non-chinese Asians, and more traditional latinos. They understood law and order is what truly protects them. They also understood the lesson there is no where else to go, if the left really gains power here. Yes, they may all be practicing an assimilated version of their culture, but what is undeniable is higher taxes & more lockdown kills ANY culture, when every household stands alone.
The "politics of crowded spaces" is always intrusive, because in city interactions, often times it is intrusive with people only only deal with exactly once. The Jersey wiseguy thinks he gets the better of you because he hustles harder, the SF progressive thinks he/she/it gets to decide because they are more sophisticated than you, in the end it doesn't matter in how they want that power. The Dems trade as much on that thuggishness as they do on smug paternalism. That MI poll worker intimidation case is exactly this kind of mindset at work.