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How did the right lose their mind : they lost power and influence. How did Putin lose his mind : Russia lost power and influence. People don’t just walk away from power.

When I was a kid in the 80s and Reagan was incredibly popular, Democrats still controlled Congress. There were still some rural folks here in the South that voted Democrat. They are literally nonexistent now. But Democrats then weren’t the Democrats of today. They were mostly older, white traditionalists.

Fast forward to today and those people are quickly getting outnumbered. Because of the Senate, the electoral college and is not having expanded the number of seats in Congress for the last 100 years the rural voters of America punch WAY above their weight class. 50 Dem senators represent 42 million more people than the other 50!

Even with that imbalance they’re losing the narrative of the country because of modernity. Things inevitably change, but I know a lot of people who are resistant to even minor change. They’re not going to just walk away from that power, especially since they see how effective violence and propaganda can be.

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