Like many other conservatives, I expected much more from the mid-term election than (perhaps) a slim majority in the House of Representatives. I said this (optimistically) in “The Bitter Fruits of America’s Disintegration”,
Is there hope for an American renaissance? The upcoming mid-term election will be pivotal but not conclusive. It will be a very good thing if the GOP regains control of Congress. But it will take more than that to restore sanity to the land.
A Republican (of the right kind) must win in 2024. The GOP majority in Congress must be enlarged. A purge of the deep state must follow, and it must scour every nook and cranny of the central government to remove every bureaucrat who has a leftist agenda and the ability to thwart the administration’s initiatives.
Beyond that, the American people should be rewarded for their (aggregate) return to sanity by the elimination several burdensome (and unconstitutional departments of the executive branch), by the appointment of dozens of pro-constitutional judges, and by the appointment of a string of pro-constitutional justices of the Supreme Court.
After that, the rest will take care of itself: Renewed economic vitality, a military whose might deters our enemies, and something like the restoration of sanity in cultural matters. (Bandwagon effects are powerful, and they can go uphill as well as downhill.)
But all of that is hope. The restoration of America’s greatness will not be easy or without acrimony and setbacks.
If America’s greatness isn’t restored, America will become a vassal state. And the leftists who made it possible will be the first victims of their new masters.
The election was pivotal, but not in the way that I expected it to be. It marked the end of hope for a restoration of sanity. All that happened is that some Red States got Redder, some Blue States got Bluer, and the loony left in the House gained several new members. The latter development is probably the best indication of what will happen in the coming elections.
If there was no “Red wave” this year, it’s unlikely that there’ll be one in the future. What’s more likely is that the election of 2024 will return a Democrat (not Biden) to the White House and Democrat control of Congress will be restored. From there, expect the following:
“Wokeness” will be in the saddle.
Influential institutions (Big Tech, the media, the academy, public “education”, and most government bureaucracies) will be more than ever dominated by the left.
Violent crime and the coddling of criminals will continue apace, or get worse.
There will be more suppression of conservative views through electronic censorship, financial blackmail, and selective enforcement of laws.
The insanity of replacing reliable and cheap fossil fuels with unreliable and therefore expensive “renewables” will continue with a vengeance.
The regulatory-welfare state will control more and more of the economy.
Inflation will continue to wreak economic havoc until price controls make things worse by further disincentivizing productive capital investments and entrepreneurship.
Defense spending will continue to be well below what is required to deter America’s enemies and protects Americans’ overseas interests.
In short, the decline of America — social, economic, and military — will continue. Our enemies will be able to dictate the terms on which America may survive — economically and politically. There will be no Chamberlain-esque moment of surrender, it will just happen gradually and with official approval.
The only hope for (some) Americans is a national divorce. But with the left in the saddle, that is no more likely to happen than was the emancipation of slaves by peaceful means.
I hope I’m wrong again, but I fear that I am right.