“I think Americans are waking up to that fact.”
A friend once likened politics to a huge blanket covering all of the populace. Each person under the blanket moves in his Brownian fashion in whatever direction his agenda takes him, and carries with him a bit of the blanket. Occasionally, due to randomness, the blanket moves in one direction as opposed to the others. Pundits instantly seize on this by saying, “Look, the public is doing X.” When, in reality, its just randomness.
The populous splits into roughly three categories; Left, at 40%, Right, at 40% and the Center at 20%. All elections are an attempt to influence the vote of the 51% of that 20% in Center. These are people who, if asked on the street, can’t name a single Supreme Court justice. They can’t name the Vice President. The don’t know the difference between the Constitution and the Declaration of Independence. They mostly vote for a candidate because he has nice hair or he reminds them of somebody they liked. I don’t think these people can “wake.”
A friend once likened politics to a huge blanket covering all of the populace. Each person under the blanket moves in his Brownian fashion in whatever direction his agenda takes him, and carries with him a bit of the blanket. Occasionally, due to randomness, the blanket moves in one direction as opposed to the others. Pundits instantly seize on this by saying, Look, the public is doing X. When, in reality, its just randomness.
I like that analysis. Hadn’t heard it before.