John Fetterman Is The New Normal
The American exercise in meritocratic self-governance and democratic republicanism is rapidly dying, and in its place, the old-world practice of political patronage is making its return. Yes, kingmakers and financiers have long been present in our political process. But in the era of fortified elections in which nonprofit organizations funded by left-wing multi-billionaires, such as Mike Bloomberg and Mark Zuckerberg, have ensured Democrat constituencies have robust and immutable mail-in voting apparatuses we are entering a new phase in American politics in which he who has the most gold (and can best navigate the new system) rules.
An oligarchy, if you can keep it.
I’m not sure we have had anything like a meritocracy for a long time, if ever. Our system rather threw up some remarkable statesmen, many in the nick of time. But there was always a superabundance of hacks and toadies. But it’s a point well taken. Mail-in voting does seems to have changed everything and mostly for the worse.