(Disclaimer: by all appearances, Jan 20th will see Biden installed. I’m speaking only to that assumption and not discounting other possibilities. It’s a mad*4 world.)
I developed a somewhat contrary opinion over the past several days.
Media is skilled at brainwashing while appearing to have credibility. For many, that credibility is gone. But not enough minds have been opened yet to skepticism. That’s the fear, correct? Biden is installed... big tech suppresses everything.
The negative view is that so-called “right-wing” voices will be quashed, and the “left-wing” brainwashing will go on with such irresistible force that the country and the world is lost.
Maybe. But war is the Achilles heel. Most politically salient facts can be twisted or concealed to prop up the “uniparty.” By contrast, war is a bi-partisan or multi-partisan fact that can be twisted, but never fully concealed.
My honest prediction is that within 6 months to a year, a new conflict will break out that does something completely unexpected. It will turn Donald Trump into an unlikely hero of the left-wing underground.
This sounds crazy now, but i don’t think it is. If you also grew up on punk rock culture, maybe you can tell me why I’m not correct.
Lil Pump, eg, takes real risk, along with many brave artists. Tell me how he won’t bring more revolution than the scolding moms and dads in their decrepit Rolling Stone columns. It’s inevitable.
War will come again. That undeniable fact will cause a culture-wide reassessment of who really is and was “status quo” and who is or was willing to take a risk for positive change. I see this happening no matter how hard the censorship hammer comes down.
I agree with your observation, as I see the same. My contention is that the 4-year bubble of an essentially non-war stance will look very different to the younger generation who will almost certainly experience a continuation of the status quo endless war stance.
If and when war materializes, the undeniable fact of it will cut across the political spectrum and be extremely kind to Trump in hindsight. The social risk of being pro-Trump will be undeniably paired with anti-war sentiment and open the eyes of a large swath of young thinkers. This sentiment will inevitably bubble up to many of the 30-somethings you speak of, who will simply revise their opinion. The young have not been trained to be non-idealistic, while the older population have already been trained in double think, and are non-intuitively flexible enough to follow the lead of their kids, nephews, and nieces.
History will make Trump look like a great president.... i think its all downhill from here