(a) the left's policies are much, much, much more popular than the right's. Even their most unpopular policy and one most likely to be tied up in constitution law, gun control, is more popular than the alternative position of foreclosing all further firearm regulation.
That all depends on how you measure “popularity.” I look at these surveys which purport to measure public opinion on various issues, and they almost always have glaring problems affecting the integrity of the result (e.g., unrepresentative sample, deceptive wording, etc.). The Left often creatively extrapolates from the answers to certain questions in order to answer different questions which weren’t asked. For example, certain dishonest publications might cite a statistic showing that “90% believe health care costs are high,” then report on it as “90% support socialized medicine,” or “90% oppose Obamacare repeal.”
That’s of course not even reaching the fact that “popularity” has been skewed in recent years by rampant immigration and other factors. For example, illegal immigration suddenly became much more “popular” once we began allowing illegal immigration. Gee, who’da thunk it? It’s taboo to even suggest that perhaps we shouldn’t be asking immigrants what they think of immigration policy, so such measures of popularity are basically useless.
The point is general “popularity” is a problematic way of establishing political legitimacy. Luckily, we have another measure of “popularity” which bypasses many of the problems with opinion polling: elections. If Liberal policies were indeed more popular, you’d expect to see Liberals winning more elections in places with relatively stable demographics. The opposite is happening though. The Democratic Party is losing support in places where it once held steady, like the Rust Belt. I suspect that if the Democratic Party subtracted first or second generation immigrants from its base of support, we’d see that Americans with the deepest ties and history of building this country reject Liberal policies by an increasingly lopsided margin. Deep down, I suspect even Dems know this, so desperation sets in.
(b) In terms of "cheating," it's fairly obvious that Republicans have undermined democracy in their favor to a degree unlike anything the Democrats have done in 100 years. With voter suppression and voter purges based on what even the conservative Supreme Court admitted were completely baseless claims, they annually erase millions of votes
Don’t forget gerrymandering, Comrade. There must always be a way to externalize blame for an electoral loss. If turnout is high, blame the district boundaries. If turnout is low, blame voter suppression. The challenge is making people think of legitimate activities as “cheating,” while making them see cheating activities as legitimate.
Case in point: Voter ID laws. Logically there should be no objection to a law which ensures that only citizens vote. That’s the problem with logical thought - it impedes progress. So what’s the solution? Make people think it’s racist to even consider the possibility that non-citizens are attempting to vote in U.S. elections. As long as people are afraid to think/talk about it, we don’t have to worry about them responding logically to the threat of electoral interference.
(c) The conservative Supreme Court will be much, MUCH less protective of free speech than it would be if it was liberal - that is an incontrovertible fact, proven by decades of the Supreme Court.
What was the split on the gay wedding cake case? Or how about that Asian band that was penalized for being racist against itself (“The Slants” IIRC)? Ya see, liberals and conservatives both have their values-driven censorship agendas. At any given time, one might be more dangerous than the other. Currently, the Left’s campaign against “hate speech” is the biggest threat to First Amendment principles.
(d) The conservative Supreme Court just killed the right to maintain a public union. That right was very popular, and the ruling was disfavored by the right and left. In the area of right to work and union busting, the Republicans' platform is deeply, deeply unpopular.....so they had to pass it through the courts.
Where is the “right to maintain a public union” in the Constitution? Are we talking 1A free association? Because I’m pretty sure we still have the right to form unions and advocate for whatever political causes we see fit. The only difference is we lost the “right” to force non-union members to pay for it. It’s frankly troubling that the ruling was so close.
Honestly, dude, you just don't know what you're talking about. And, unless you are a very very rich man who is also incredibly selfish, a conservative Supreme Court will be very bad for your interests.
What happens if things don’t go “very bad” for most people? Will you admit your error and change your views?
