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http://www.ocregister.com/2017/12/09/the...-politics/

For those who aren't familiar with him, Joel Kotkin is a libertarian leaning Democrat.

"Some Democrats see identarian politics as the real core of the party and also the most likely course back to power, as the white population drops. The loser here, however, is any hope for racial comity. The rise of racialist politics — pushed by writers like Ta-Nehisi Coates — tends to deepen alienation between ethnic groups. For example, a steadily rising majority of Los Angeles residents now expect another riot in the next five years; that number climbs to 70 percent among younger people...."

Kotkin also decries open borders and green policies that limit manufacturing and therefore opportunities for economic mobility.
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you can't fix the ill-educated/ill-trained until the beg(g)in' & diggin' through the trough of the dixie dumptster diving is stripped as THEIR best method for survival....

this is why I was so adamant (as were others) why DJT had to happen.....he was 'last chance charlie'....one can only hope this move is the beginning of what will most certainly take decades to narrow....

I'm still in the camp of 'fingers crossed'.....

IMO, the author's premise is correct.....it's a simple numbers game....that's all the dippos have in the camp of hope moving forward to gaining socialsim as the means to the end....

wealth division is the #realdeal.....one lives in a vacuum if they don't understand how that is a serious problem....

IMO, the high tax states are going down one way or the other......book that danno....they are going to suffer internal deflation that will translate to the nation affecting the valuation of the USD

who'd a thunk it??? lmfao....

addendum: just wait 'til bitcoin and other e-currencies emerge as a serious entity....that one is beyond dangerous........most people don't have a clue what could occur if that actually continues to gain traction....it's pretty tough to fight the 'invisible' that carries 'value'....

it would scare the **** out of most if I wrote what I really see happening long term....

it's why today's politics is pure unadulterated bs in my mind.....the game has changed - yet, the schematic has not (until DJT)......people better wake the **** up......and I mean quick like....
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RE: kotkin on the dangers of race based politics
I generally agree with the article.

It's basically what I have been saying on this forum for years.
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There will never be an end to racism and identity politics in America - because it would put the entire Democrat Party and leftist movement out of business.....
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The creation of the us versus them mentality?

I couldn't sleep the other night and watched part of the movie Birth of a Nation, the new version, and couldn't help but find it despicable, and also a perfect example of racial animus that is not just F'ed up but dangerous.
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(12-11-2017 02:41 PM)Lord Stanley Wrote:  There will never be an end to racism and identity politics in America - because it would put the entire Democrat Party and leftist movement out of business.....

Me thinks you have never heard of Lee Atwater.
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Example is Jones going into every African American area of Alabama. It's all basicly what the Dems have left to fire up as They lost the working White middle class in many states. Just think if They had just spent 1/3 attention to Them in the last 10 years. The Dems made Their bed, go lay in it.
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