Three Rules of Contemporary U.S. Politics
Published at 01:22 on 7 September 2025
- There is no better Republican Party.
- There is no better Democratic Party.
- There is no better electorate.
To be considered rational and reality-based, any theory or proposal must at minimum satisfy all of the above the above three rules.
I am not saying that any of these things is impossible to change, only that spontaneous change is extremely unlikely. Consider them laws of political inertia: things will not change their current trajectories unless work is done on them.
For example, Chuck Schumer’s strategy of waiting for the Republicans to come ’round violates Rule No. 1, and that he persists in the Democratic Party leadership proves Rule No. 2.