For the record, I am Conservative.
It has been very easy for me to go through life oblivious to Government at all levels. One reason is that I obey the law, gainfully employed, raised a family, married to one woman, and follow Jesus. Another reason is that the machinations of Government have little impact on my everyday life. Consider the following:
The Federal Government spending = $7 T
The US GDP for 2025 = $28 T
The US Stock Market = $53 T.
So between Federal spending and Stock Market activity, which has more impact on the overall economic activity (GDP) and by extension, my life?
Now for the depressing stuff.
I joke sometimes about people in positions of leadership who "solidly occupy the left-side of the IQ distribution curve". But, scraping away my lame attempt at humor reveals that there are about 40 million Americans trying to make a go of it with an IQ of 85 or less.
According Dr. Jordan Peterson, (and Wikipedia), the US military will not draft someone with an IQ below 83, as they cannot be trained for and be successful in any role in the military.
For much of my life I considered myself a "winner" because I was smart. Slowly my hubris faded as I realized my success was by God's Providence. Now as an old man I feel compassion for low-IQ people and concern that Conservatives are guilty of ignoring the very real plight of millions of Americans.
Of course there are shysters, like the BLM founders, the myriad of NGOs revealed by DOGE, etc. who game the system and manipulate low-IQ people. But that doesn't change the fact that low-IQ people exist and are trying to survive in an increasingly sophisticated world.
We Conservatives must shoulder the very real responsibility of our fellow man. This isn't something we can ignore while we daily check the progress of our investments.
Social media algorithms can flood our minds with the extremes of low-IQ people, causing us to be jaded, and numb. But ignoring the plight of millions of Americans is simply going to elect leftist shysters who are willing to use the simple-minded for political gain.
We Conservatives must do better.
