Evolution Revolution 2020.06 "My State"

    Although I don't put much stock in social evolution arising from "elections", if progressives can't figure out how to optimize a voting events, they probably won't be able to pull of an economic revolution anyway.  In my State, Missouri they are at a deep disadvantage.  Most of the state lives in mythical Christian space and would vote for Hitler if he promised to pack the courts to overturn Roe.  Yes our fundamentalist people would willingly starve in a parched land if they could but save one unborn. Adding to this block, the elites, near elites and hopeful elites voting 401ks, this GOP juggernaut has always been much to formidable, but....

     In 9 months the 6.2 million people in Missouri will offer up their 10 electoral votes for someone.  All the smart money says for Trump.  Obama almost won in 2008, but lost by wider margin in 2012 and Trump won by 20% in 2016.  Looking a little closer, there are 4.7m people over 18.  Of this total 4.2m are registered, but in 2016 only 2.7m voted.  This leaves 1.5m "NV's" (non-voters) plus .5 NC's (non-citizens) or 2m PS's (possible sways).  The probability that the 2.7m voting  base will repeat is near 95%.  The NC's are 90% untouchable and have no statistical effect. 

     The highest conceivable shift is that since 50% of the Registered Base is in 3 or 4 metro areas that lean Dem, if the Dems could get 70% of the 1.5m NV;s out to vote (1m) and win 70% of these votes they could come close and might actually win with a 7% (.2m shift) defection in the voting base.

     If the Dems could lock in a 95% "black turnout", this would go along way.  Certainly $50m dedicated to the "black community" quid-pro-quo "turnout",  would be a better investment than saturation ads directed to  the 2.7m who are aligned in stone. Just sayin!

Evolution Revolution 2020.05 "Anchors Away"....not likely!

      Little chance that Billy Barr, Trump's "Lawyer in a Jar" will have to drag Brian, Rachel. and Chris out of their anchor chairs.  Post the tragic death of "the rule of law"  our dashing liberal journalists are not so daring. As the embarrassing primaries gets into full swing there is an obvious anchor/pundit backpedaling.

     Sounding the alarm that the culture is going to hell is one thing, but doing something about it is another thing.  No one expects Joe Buck to run onto the field and tackle Derrick Henry, and besides, what is Congress for if not to play line-backer.  Perhaps there will be a few whose passion will overcome their career sensibilities.  I can imagine Michael Moore going down with the ship.... not Anderson, nor Bill Maher, nor the MSNBC cast who prideful announce "this is who we are".  Indeed,  they are but today's court-jesters of old, those who bring notoriety to the king's power by hollow mockery offered from the weakest and most submissive of all at court.  No leaders here.  Best keep looking.  

Evolution Revolution 2020.04 "Last Days Of The Leviathan"

   Listen-up, street people, you who are either living on the streets or living in the terror that you are only one paycheck away.  Sure, we're really glad that since WWII,  the suits, i.e. the "managerial class", cured polio, put a man on the moon, gave us cell phones, etc.,  but....this is about fucking enough. 

     Who the hell knows what Bernie's Socialism might look like, or whether King Trump might make us all rich by screwing over the rest of the world. What we do know is that we are 70 years into this "high/low class culture" mind-game where our screens have convinced us, the lows, that we need to rely on the "managerial class" for our very survival. Aren't you sick of believing that your life is about treading water waiting for ATT, GE, IBM, et.al to appease you with the one more diversion.

     This psycho-serfdom looks a lot like 18th century colonialism where the high Europeans told the low primitives to stay calm, and they would give them a small piece of their own pie.  Just wait, Facebook is going to want to "give" you $100 a year for your data, and Amazon is going to give you a free movie for the right to listen to pillow talk, and all of you good little corporate minions are going to get about 3% of the wealth you create.  And why....because we believe that they are smart and we are not.

     Yes, routinely the media whores will reference the power of the people, the public, the electorate, the man on the street, etc.  As Dr. Phil says, "how's that working out for you".  Not surprisingly, not so well, in that your screens are "divide and control" machines, feeding you tribe shit to perpetuate a phantom war between Type A Serfs and Type B serfs, all as the "managerial class" go home early and waits for you to cut their grass.

     But, they screwed up!  We are not dumb, we are not lazy, and we are not going to simply enduring this life banking on heaven. What are we going to do?  "Vote" you say. Yes, for the fun of it but, seriously, it's pointless.  They're all on the same fucking side.  No, it's all about money.  We are going to"cyber unite" and target a major corporate player, and destroy the capital base and the parasite capitalist supported thereby.  Why?  Just as a show of force!  When we get their attention, we will "threat bargain" at the local level, not by withholding our labor, but by offering a credible threat of economic ruin orchestrated through a "silent block-chain" managed product/service embargo.   Can they stop us?  Hell no, they can't shut down every cyber platform. 

     Oh, by the way, it will be good to remember that this "break-out" is not so we can install a new "managerial class" from our own ranks  Remember, Napster, got us 50 million songs for nearly free, and were now smart enough to not play the "depose Peter and install Paul socialist game".

     Lets see, for starters we could pick GE, GM, Target, hum!

Evolution Revolution 2020.03 "QAnon"

     An Old Jew, a Black Man, and a Giggling Woman....sound like the intro to a joke.  No, it is the center piece of the latest "far right conspiracy theory". It is hard to phathom that  even the least among the "static deplorables" might rally around defending a coup-d'etat by Soros, Obama, and Clinton.  "We wish", the obvious retort of the "woke", who, in their heart-of-hearts, know that their leadership can't even count votes, much less orchestrate a political coup. 

     Unfortunately stupid does not mean ineffective.  When it comes to motivating conspiracies often "the media is the message". QAnon the "identity meme" under which the conspiracy travels has a subtle but cool origin.  Q is standard gov-speak for "top-clearance designation", and Anon (anonymous) is, by virtue of the previous conspiracy, "Hacker Anonymous", a proven fear trope.  Lets face it, if your a plumber in Waco or a roofer in Fargo, it's good enough to generate some ego-juice down at Mickey-D's.

     Regrettably George, Barack and Hillary will not respond by concluding that "this is a good idea".  No, they are way too sophisticated for that.  The "woke" response will be the routine condescending tripe, such as how sad they are that the deplorables reading/listening skills are so lacking, and as the conspiracy matures suggesting that perhaps there should be an investigation preparatory to suppressing the meme with the "full force of the law".  Well, maybe not the later.... they lost the "rule of law" in a stupid "impeachment poker game".

     Fortunately the "woke" are not the only sub-tribe in the liberal left vanguard.  "Hey you dudes in Waco and Fargo, best remember that the left has the "cash", the "progeny of Tupac", and don't forget, our own LAW, "nerd knowledge re: Lethal Autonomous Weapons"    Just as soon as we find a leader that isn't a "candy-ass",  we're going  bring a little balance to this 19th century bullying bullshit.  

EVOLUTION REVOLUTION 2020.02 "WOKE"

     Purported to track to a 1970's play, it seems clear that "woke" started as a black community call-out for "social justice".  Barry Beckham "I been sleeping all my life. And now that Mr. Garvey done woke me up, I'm gon' stay woke."  It went cyber mainstream in 2014+ and was co-opted by just about everyone shortly thereafter.  It is a good example of how evolution works, in this case as applied to the journey of a popular meme.  Graphing the "woke" frequency usage in the Chicago Projects from 2015 to 2020 would, no doubt, show a severe decline from very common to near zero.  Graphing "woke" usage in suburban California would show exactly the opposite. The pattern is similar to blues, rap, and many other clarion memes.

     Of course, along with this migration the definition also changed.  My sense is that "woke" used to mean, "don't let the establishment screw you over", and it now means, "a consciousness that understands the prevailing cultural dynamic and is cool with it".

     Some would say that it's much harder for the praxis energy  naturally arising in the "left populism swarm" to gain traction when the fucking elites keep stealing their "rally flags", but I guess there is something to say for our social engineers having held off the revolution for as long as they have.

     Again, and as always, thanks to DJT, Mitch, Bill, Linsey and their "Stepford Wives Scumbag State" for pushing the Evolution Revolution way beyond "woke"....it's now, go for broke!