The critical question is has the intervening century changed this. One of the positive aspects of the internet is that the media is frequently contradicted now. Young people seem to be much more informed than was the case a generation ago. If Mencken’s sarcasm is still accurate it may well be true that the election is very close. If people have followed some of the non-traditional news sources it may not be close at all.
The author suspects that it’s not close. The majority wants no part of Marxism, no drag queens in schools, no grooming, no DEI obsessed corporate boardrooms, no incoherent or demented officials manipulated by backstage puppet masters, etc etc.
Before we examine the underpinnings of this election we should consider motivations. As a general rule, prosecutors are not required to prove motive as an element of the crime. However, they often seek to do so in-order to clarify the evidence.
The Republicans fear complacency. The Democrats are desperate to shed three things. First, cumulative memories of four years of Biden displaying his worsening dementia on nearly every public forum he appeared and the parade of senior Democrats, including Harris and Walz, who essentially lied about Biden’s incompetence. Second, the rank incoherence and self-serving cowardice of the sitting Vice President who has been installed as the Party’s candidate without ever earning a single primary vote. In an odd way Biden’s dementia seemed to be framed by Harris’ incoherence whenever she tried to speak in public. The flip side of her incoherence seems to be her steadfast refusal to actually take responsibility for anything.
Despite being publicly anointed by the White House puppet masters as the “Border Tsar” she continued her steadfast refusal to get her hands dirty on a single governmental problem. When questioned she essentially mocked the idea of even going to the border by cackling, “I didn’t go to Europe either.”
The one thing she has been very willing to do is unequivocally stake herself out on a comprehensive list of hard-left policy positions. Keeping the support of hard left Marxists is always her 1st priority and her only skill. The list of Marxist objectives includes open borders, a litany of expensive entitlements, including housing and medical care, for the millions of illegal immigrants, defunding the police, reparations, no cash bail even for violent criminals, Bidenomics worked marvelously, etc. etc.