Triage

The Republican insiders and top Conservatives know what the general populous refuses to know. The America that facilitated personal aspirational success and social mobility died in 1970. It has passed and "Gone with the Wind". The continued belief was fueled by brilliant marketing and ubiquitous credit. It worked to mask reality for the last 70 years. The Republican insiders and top Conservatives know there will be a mass psychological change in the nation when the reality finally sinks in. They also know there is no way back. Their answer is triage.

The Richest 1% and some of the top 10% have manned the life boats. They know the ship is going down and they are grabbing everything of value they can carry before that happens. That is what their dramatic increase in wealth over the last several years represents.

The Republicans are playing to the belief that if they jettison the dead weight of democrats, minorities, and yes feminist, you will be saved. There is a fly in this ointment. They can only save in real wealth and comfort about 8%. Some of the other people that make it to the upper deck will find life boats already full with no room. They will jump in the water and try to stay afloat. But they will end up watching from their soon watery grave the disappearance of the life boats sailing away in the night.

We all like to think we will make the cut. Perhaps as a purely analytical approach the Republican insiders and top Conservatives are right. I just wish they were not taking everything of value, including the kitchen sink with their looting and sacking.