The Marshmallow Election

Recently, I suggested that this election was the most surreal of our lifetimes. I talked about the way Joe Biden isn't campaigning and uses a teleprompter in interviews. That the press didn't let us know this was happening led me to this conclusion.

At this point, the Elites have revealed themselves to be so utterly corrupt that I almost want them to win just to see what they'll do next.

It's obvious that the Biden/Harris strategy is to do nothing and let the election be all about Trump's personality. Trump is trying to make a case for his substantial, concrete achievements, but the polls suggest that it doesn't seem to matter. Trump makes our tummies hurt and that's enough to throw him out of office.

Why? Here's why.

Everything is paid for by printing money.

There are no real stakes to policy any more. I can't recall anyone suggesting that the lockdowns have costs and then listing those costs. For example, if Biden said, "I want to lock down the country to defeat the Chicom Flu and that means everyone receiving money from the government, from SS pensioners to GS-15 civil servants, will have to take a 20% hit," the conversation would be substantially different. That's not happening because we're convinced that the choice is between locking down the economy practically for free or everyone dying.

Oddly enough, this occurred to me while watching Matt Walsh comment on a popular rap video. I thought Matt was hilarious, but it was also deeply disturbing and not for the obvious, cultural decadence reasons. Here it is. Enjoy.

As I watched the embedded music video, I couldn't help but wonder about the economics implied in it. Just who pays for those lives and that lifestyle? Even if they're just standing on the corner, high on weed, flashing gang signs and pondering the night's festivities, they aren't self-sufficient. It assumes a productive class that is funding their neighborhoods.

But it doesn't, does it? In reality, it's the printing press that is funding their neighborhoods.

Our society is indeed divided, but it's divided by culture. There are the Normals who produce things, the Elites who think things and then there are the rioters, thugs, THOTs and whatnot that live lives of decadent idleness. Oh sure, they may have jobs, but the 50% of the black community that graduates high school unable to read anywhere near grade level isn't coming close to being revenue-neutral. 

Right now, the Normals don't dive into the culture of Tekashi 6ix9ine because there's no reason to do so. Sure, we know that it exists and is probably pretty awful, but we don't understand it. We might if we couldn't print money and had to pay for it.

Lest you think Tekashi isn't that important, it's worth noting that one of his videos has over a billion, that's billion with a "b," hits. Another is over 900,000,000. He has a good half dozen or so others with over 100,000,000 hits. He's a playa.

I would argue that, to a large extent, Tekashi, Cardi B and all the rest are popular because we print money. Printing money has a corrosive influence on the culture as it separates us from reality. It's easy to say that it's racist to criticize the black urban culture because you can't point to any concrete reason it's bad. They're just strong black men and women keeping it 100.

Well, until the currency crisis hits and then things will get real in a hurry.

As for the election, nothing is real there, either. Fracking, green nude eels, reparations, lockdowns, it's all got the consistency of marshmallows. Light and airy and almost totally meaningless. That's why this is all about Trump's personality and not his achievements. 

Update: President Trump is asking for a $1.8T stimulus package to fight the effects of the Wuhan Flu lockdown. That will be financed from ... printing presses. This is all so much marshmallowiness.