Hysteria has saved woke Democrats in enterprise for practically six years.
All of it started with Trump. To Democrats and their “mainstream” media echo chambers, he wasn’t merely a foul president. No, his cavalier approach with info (by no means earlier than heard of in politics!), mean-spirited rhetoric (for the primary time in historical past!) and impulse to rein in regulatory extra (lock him up!) made him a menace to democracy earlier than he even took workplace.
The mania — together with an obsession with Russia Russia Russia and the mistaken perception that Trump had colluded with Putin to win the presidency — drove progressives to CNN’s screaming chyrons like junkies towards smack.
By the point Trump actually did overstep — together with his mendacious effort to delegitimize Joe Biden’s presidential victory in 2020 — the Democrats had moved on to a hysteria much more insidious. The pandemic, after all. Propelled by propaganda about rare, short-lived situations of “overwhelmed hospitals,” the concern issue gave cowl for each woke pipedream. Usually sane folks have been so scared, they put up with locked-down shops, workplaces, eating places, colleges and nonetheless off-limits subway bogs. The federal government, with out resistance, seized management over enterprise, our social lives and even the variety of inches between masked-up college youngsters.
Former Gov. Andrew Cuomo went as far as to restrict movie show capability to precisely 33% despite the fact that he despatched hundreds of aged COVID victims to certain deaths in nursing homes. This wasn’t “following the science.” Cuomo was, like his fellow power-hungry Democrats, excessive on public paranoia, issuing edicts primarily based on whims. Biden even launched into a $3 trillion remaking of American society — all within the identify of a Covid “emergency,” after all.
Now, because the Omicron variant has waned, many in blue states are nonetheless clinging to life below the authoritarian umbrella. A January 2022 study confirmed that Democrats have been a lot much less probably than Republicans to attend a crowded celebration, indoor sporting occasion, hair salon or grocery retailer, despite the fact that a higher share of lefties have obtained the COVID-19 booster, and have virtually no purpose to fret about being hospitalized, a lot much less dying.
Earlier this month, Dr. Anthony Fauci stated we’ll quickly see the tip of the “full-blown pandemic.” And, as soon as that occurs, what is going to the woke do subsequent? How will they cope with out COVID?
Leftist Democrats might want to discover a totally different bogeyman. However, relaxation assured, they’ll persist on chasing a weird agenda from Planet Woke.
One peculiar obsession is the plight of transgendered Individuals, who comprise roughly 0.6% of the population. However you wouldn’t understand it if you’re an everyday reader of the New York Instances, which regularly deems the difficulty front page news.)
Local weather change is a real downside however the left ratchets it into the ozone layer. Witness one other New York Instances entrance web page story a few mom in Portland, Ore., who suffers from “climate anxiety,” falling into an emotional tailspin over plastic-wrapped nuts at Dealer Joe’s.
In the meantime, Democrats have little curiosity within the multitude of fast life-and-death points that truly maintain Individuals up at night time.
Skyrocketing blue-state crime has turned main metropolises throughout America right into a free-fire zone. However many progressives remain committed to a mass effort to defund the police.
Elements of San Francisco, Los Angeles and New York Metropolis resemble homeless shantytowns. However progressive DAs don’t want to prosecute criminals or push anybody to wash up their act.
Unchecked inflation is bringing ruin mainly to working-class families who as soon as supplied the Democratic Social gathering’s bedrock assist. All overblown, in keeping with Biden and his staff.
The nation wants a wholesome, contentious rivalry between our two main events. However with midterm elections simply 9 months away, the progressive left nonetheless doesn’t get American voters, and doesn’t wish to both. Republicans, in the meantime, are smelling a November blowout — a definite chance that’s, actually, the most important factor Democrats must be hysterical about.
scuozzo@nypost.com
