Shoresy
All this attention on immigration isn’t about solving any real world problem, it’s about making America whiter, like we used to be.


That would mean importing millions of white people from all over the globe if that was a real goal. Your country is not doing that, and is losing a great many immigrants of many skin colors to forced and self-deportations, the vast majority violating some part of your immigration laws. Only someone concerned with the religion of phrenology would care about the color of immigrants, legal or otherwise. Who would want to be an avid supporter of that obsolete religion?

Shoresy

It's axiomatic that if you don't want to make your country great, then you are okay with it as-is.

Most of what Biden did was to reverse changes (conservatism)

In that sense, much of what Biden did wasn’t progressive at all. It was conservative in the literal meaning of the word: reversing changes and restoring prior norms rather than proposing a new direction. Kamala's answer on the View practically screamed preservation. Your voters rejected that.

Five hard examples:

Border policy: Ending Trump-era enforcement tools and reverting closer to pre-2017 norms isn’t innovation; it’s conserving status-quo with better vibes.

Energy policy: Keystone canceled, Paris rejoined, leasing paused. That’s a snapping back to Obama-era defaults.

Regulation: environmental, labor, finance rules rewritten to Obama-era. Safe, familiar, bureaucratically comfortable.

Foreign policy: “America is back” literally meant a reset backwards. NATO tone reset, multilateralism restored, pre-Trump consensus revived. Stability over strategy.

Student loans: no structural fix, just extended pauses and executive maneuvers. Temporary relief pretending to be reform. Maintaining the status quo.


Biden was billed as a safe vote, and he delivered. Big time. You might be confusing the tribal definition of conservatism with the objective outcomes definition. You’re arguing labels, I’m measuring outcomes. A tad dissapointing considering the lost opportunities.

Shoresy

Direct Rebellion vs Article VI (Federal Supremacy)


Shays’ Rebellion (1786–87) the prequel; why Article VI exists today.

Whiskey Rebellion (1794) — first enforcement of supremacy, feds win

Fries’s Rebellion (1799–1800) — federal tax resisted, feds win

Nullification Crisis (1832–33) — states can’t nullify federal law, feds win

Civil War / Secession (1861–65) — supremacy settled by force, feds win

Reconstruction resistance (1865–77) — supremacy enforced through troops & courts, feds win

Little Rock Crisis (1957) — state troops vs federal authority; feds win

Modern sanctuary city conflicts (2026) — no outright denial of supremacy yet, feds win anyway.

Shoresy

What about the original rebellion against Article VI of your Constitution?


The Whiskey Rebellion?


Winner: Feds (they never lose, spoiler alert)


Shoresy

"I have a dream that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character."


Martin Luther King, 1963.

Shoresy

Not saying Trump is smart, just that he wants the same things Democrats wanted in the 90's


Meanwhile, the 2026 Democrats spend more time telling people what to think and feel than spending time actually listening. It's a huge reason why their support has a hard ceiling since you can't fool everyone all the time. There are only so many people willing to feel good when a politician says they are smart despite the reality around them. At some point, feeling smart doesn't pay the bills.