Colin Wright’s viral meme has been making the rounds again: three stick figures stand on a timeline marked “2008,” “2012,” and “2021.” The figure on the left sprints further left each year, dragging the “center” with it, while the other two try to stand their ground.
You write: “There’s a path back to normal. It starts with the left doing something the right cannot do for it: cleaning house. Draw bright moral lines that reject political violence, de-platforming by mob, and the collective punishment of heretics.”
Do you really think the left is going to change without their incentives changing? Econ 1A says “unlikely.” Why change when the living is good?
Let’s focus on updating constitutional incentives at the state and federal level.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, gender, race, ideology, culture, or technology—or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
In other words, take your thumb off the Congressional scale favoring any gender, any race, any culture, or any technology.
Helen Andrews is right: Abolish congressional favoritism.
You write: “There’s a path back to normal. It starts with the left doing something the right cannot do for it: cleaning house. Draw bright moral lines that reject political violence, de-platforming by mob, and the collective punishment of heretics.”
Do you really think the left is going to change without their incentives changing? Econ 1A says “unlikely.” Why change when the living is good?
Let’s focus on updating constitutional incentives at the state and federal level.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, gender, race, ideology, culture, or technology—or prohibiting the free exercise thereof;
In other words, take your thumb off the Congressional scale favoring any gender, any race, any culture, or any technology.
Helen Andrews is right: Abolish congressional favoritism.