Interesting local news this morning: Cook County continues to lead the nation in population loss. See more here:
https://www.illinoispolicy.org/cook-county-has-largest-population-loss-of-any-county-in-the-u-s/
I think I know why.
People do not like living in this area. People are really, really angry here. Like really angry. Like, you wouldn’t even believe how angry and frustrated the average Joe is, here.
See my previous posts for evidence, if you need any.
This place… is a powder keg. If Civil War II is to begin, it will probably start here.
I don’t think it will start in California. Or in New York City. Or Texas, or any other border place, TBH. I think it will start here.
This is where I differ from establishment conservatives, like Pat Buchanan and those at VDARE and other places. It’s long been a meme amongst them that Civil War II, if it were to begin, would start in California, owing to conflict between the Mexican invasion and the mythical conservative white base there (conservative, because they voted for Reagan).
White Californians are not conservative, though, and never were. They were and are liberals, and I offer up the fact that they supported Reagan as proof of this. Reagan never took hold here; the people always saw him for who he was: a California liberal and actor who played the part of a conservative for his masters.
I’m willing to bet that this little area here in Illinois has the starkest divides in the country. In Chicago, you have the extremely liberal Democratic machine that birthed Obama, Hillary, Jesse Jackson, and Oprah. And in the surrounding areas you have those strongholds of hyper conservatism; many of the people just outside of the liberal bastion of Chicago are IMO the most conservative people in America, if not the world.
These two sides do not mix. They exist in separate universes.
This place… feels like a war zone. You can feel it, in the air. You can hear it in the things that people say. You can practically smell it. It’s like… there is no way the two sides here will ever see eye to eye on anything. They will never agree, on anything. All they can do, and all they have done since Obama’s election, is prepare for conflict. And these days they’re both extremely pissed off. No peaceful resolution can happen, and neither side is going anywhere.
IMO, this is where it will begin.
I think that this knowledge might be the reason behind these posts… like, I want to document things, as they are now, before this world is gone forever. Before all of this is consigned to the dustbin of history. So that the people of the future can learn from our mistakes, and hopefully, not repeat them again.
I don’t think that Trump’s meager efforts as President are anywhere near enough to divert anything. This massive area is beyond hope, at this point. It’s over. The border should have been closed 30 years ago. It’s too late, now.
The oligarchs still don’t seem to get it. They’re out of time. They continue to play these stupid games with everyone but really, there’s only seconds left on the clock before the buzzer sounds. It’s really and truly over, and they’re still wasting time offering up healthcare plans and debating other, non-essential issues.
The surprise election of Trump has given them a few more minutes to play with, but those will exhaust themselves shortly. Sure, we’re not in Civil War II right now, owing to Hillary’s defeat, but that is miles from saying that things are “fixed” now.
The clock is still ticking.