Thanks James. I did look at yours shortly after I hit send on my own. I thought of the unfavorable outcomes among women of color in childbirth too as I was writing my comment but didn't broach it. I hadn't considered population engineering to guarantee a desperate and perpetually low paid workforce. Very likely and possible.
Thanks James. I did look at yours shortly after I hit send on my own. I thought of the unfavorable outcomes among women of color in childbirth too as I was writing my comment but didn't broach it. I hadn't considered population engineering to guarantee a desperate and perpetually low paid workforce. Very likely and possible.
Yet, just like many things mankind attempts to accomplish concerning natural processes, these plans could have unintended demographic results. It may not be immediate but a persistent surge of births among POC, coupled with slow or low Euro births, could sprinkle ever increasing blue-leaning POC votes into traditionally red strongholds. Such a change would dilute their blood-red districts and become the basis of more whining, histrionics and blatant attempts to control elections. My crystal ball is often broken or cloudy, however, so any, every or no part of my prophecy could come to pass.
You are quite right. The complex and unpredictable nature of these 'social experiments' gives added importance to the full menu of autocratic right-wing strategies. They take a shot-gun approach (sometimes literally). Every outrageous technique they come up with - gerrymandering, for example - only adds to their power and the susceptibility of their supporters to propaganda. (It wasn't possible that Trump lost! Hence the insurrection). It is sinister and anti-democratic in the extreme. And we must constantly relate it to past episodes of human oppression and tragedy. We have no magic anti-fascism card to play, not when the fascists have the judges on their side.
Sigh...can't disagree. Frustrating state of affairs, James. I'll still be stubbornly casting my blue votes, the only weapon I still have in the face of what often appears an inexorable march to a SCOTUS-backed autocracy.
Thanks James. I did look at yours shortly after I hit send on my own. I thought of the unfavorable outcomes among women of color in childbirth too as I was writing my comment but didn't broach it. I hadn't considered population engineering to guarantee a desperate and perpetually low paid workforce. Very likely and possible.
Yet, just like many things mankind attempts to accomplish concerning natural processes, these plans could have unintended demographic results. It may not be immediate but a persistent surge of births among POC, coupled with slow or low Euro births, could sprinkle ever increasing blue-leaning POC votes into traditionally red strongholds. Such a change would dilute their blood-red districts and become the basis of more whining, histrionics and blatant attempts to control elections. My crystal ball is often broken or cloudy, however, so any, every or no part of my prophecy could come to pass.
You are quite right. The complex and unpredictable nature of these 'social experiments' gives added importance to the full menu of autocratic right-wing strategies. They take a shot-gun approach (sometimes literally). Every outrageous technique they come up with - gerrymandering, for example - only adds to their power and the susceptibility of their supporters to propaganda. (It wasn't possible that Trump lost! Hence the insurrection). It is sinister and anti-democratic in the extreme. And we must constantly relate it to past episodes of human oppression and tragedy. We have no magic anti-fascism card to play, not when the fascists have the judges on their side.
Sigh...can't disagree. Frustrating state of affairs, James. I'll still be stubbornly casting my blue votes, the only weapon I still have in the face of what often appears an inexorable march to a SCOTUS-backed autocracy.
Hear! Hear!