Why would I bother voting to have the government penalize myself at the expense of others? If I am concerned about the well being of others I’ll just willingly give them money, or whatever it is that they need. In fact I do.

While caring about the interests of others is a good and moral thing to do, it does not erase the fact that we have our own interests, that we cannot expect others to bear all of our burdens, and that consequently we have a responsibility to pursue our own interests (so as not to be a burden on others) within the bounds of law, civility, and some reasonably universal code of ethics.

But, of course, if you’re just selflessly pursing the good of others, and they’re just too stupid to know what’s good for them, there is no need to be constrained by law, civility, or ethics; is there?

See, not a total zilch.

The author is just offering one hypothetical explanation for why it came about.

He is still too condescending by claiming that all the idiots left the party. I think the most likely explanation is that progressives have to present a front that something that doesn’t exist yet should be. It’s a confidence game which is pretty different than how conservatives promote “proven” conformity.

Trump just uses words like “YUGE” a lot.

Before that they elected Republican majorities and a Republican president (Bush). Again, what did that accomplish?

Trump pretty obviously doesn’t give a hoot about policy, and so can be expected, in the unlikely event he’s elected, to default to the Establishment Left position on everything – it’s the path of least resistance. Mexico won’t pay for the wall, so it won’t get built. Sorry, Trumpkins. Well, you’ll still have the baseball caps to remind you of your night of passion.

Steve