03-05-2025, 09:01 PM
My unsolicited analysis: The litmus test that the right has been using was abortion. That issue was the Right's Trojan horse to get the last conservative in place on the Court, by bringing religious white women voters on board with the party. It worked pretty well.
But the problem is that a genuine, rather than politically expedient concern for the unborn is founded on empathy. Starving kids in Africa to save a few bucks is counter to that empathy. It bit MAGA in the butt this one time. And maybe more, if the culture war continues on its non-empathic path.
But it only goes so far. If empathy is not directly involved, say when declaring the President sovereign over rather than an employee of the State, she can still be relied on to follow Alito's odors. Er, orders.
But the problem is that a genuine, rather than politically expedient concern for the unborn is founded on empathy. Starving kids in Africa to save a few bucks is counter to that empathy. It bit MAGA in the butt this one time. And maybe more, if the culture war continues on its non-empathic path.
But it only goes so far. If empathy is not directly involved, say when declaring the President sovereign over rather than an employee of the State, she can still be relied on to follow Alito's odors. Er, orders.