The Right struggles with this demo because when you get right down to it, much of the Left’s excess doesn’t really effect them in tangible ways. Eventually it will lead to a low-trust, violent, corrupt society, but those are intangible macro trends.
However… eventually, and the date is rapidly approaching, someone is going to have to pay for all this. We’ve gradually built a European-size welfare state but still only collect American-style taxes. And Americans are totally ignorant of how sky-high middle class taxes in Europe actually are. In the UK for instance, the 40% income tax rate starts at USD $48k/year. An American making well in excess of that pays basically nothing. *And* they have a VAT.
Will the imposition of actual middle-class taxes alter FanDuel-American behavior? Will the demographics have shifted so much by then that it will hardly matter? I guess we’ll find out together.
To revisit this, it seems we were right, and also more of them showed up to vote than I thought. The base might be bigger now. Hope we can keep them engaged
The Right struggles with this demo because when you get right down to it, much of the Left’s excess doesn’t really effect them in tangible ways. Eventually it will lead to a low-trust, violent, corrupt society, but those are intangible macro trends.
However… eventually, and the date is rapidly approaching, someone is going to have to pay for all this. We’ve gradually built a European-size welfare state but still only collect American-style taxes. And Americans are totally ignorant of how sky-high middle class taxes in Europe actually are. In the UK for instance, the 40% income tax rate starts at USD $48k/year. An American making well in excess of that pays basically nothing. *And* they have a VAT.
Will the imposition of actual middle-class taxes alter FanDuel-American behavior? Will the demographics have shifted so much by then that it will hardly matter? I guess we’ll find out together.
I think FanDuel Americanism is overall a net benefit to the right in the short term for this election. Long term, probably not.
Agree with that... if Trump wins.
To revisit this, it seems we were right, and also more of them showed up to vote than I thought. The base might be bigger now. Hope we can keep them engaged