The Democrat strategy that's been working since 1900

And in light of my previous post noting that a majority of voters under 40 say they want the next president to be a socialist), try this:

Democrats have mastered a political strategy that’s so classic it’s been named: the Curley effect.

Works like this: Democrat leaders adopt policies that increase taxes on “the rich” (anyone making more than their neighbor) and give it to the poor.  Not surprisingly, this gets the poor to vote Democrat permanently, since they know that’s how to keep the free shit coming. 

So far, no surprise at all, eh?  But read on:

But over time, a growing number of the well-to-do and hard-working entrepreneurs get tired of the high taxes needed to pay corrupt pols and people who refuse to work, so they move to a city or state not ruled by Dems--further solidifying the power of the Democrat party in the first city or state.

The exodus of a small number of the wealthy is barely perceptible, but gradually reduces the amount of tax revenue to the ruling party.  In addition, there are always more poor to feed and house, so more welfare costs every year.  But the loudest leftists of the Dem party demand ever-more-generous welfare policies.  So inevitably, ruling pols are forced to choose between more welfare and cutting city services.  Since their loudest leftists demand more welfare, city services deteriorate.
 
As the quality of life in the first city slowly deteriorates, due to reduced tax revenue forcing cutbacks in city services (police, street maintenance, trash pickup, etc), a few residents begin to suspect that the Dem policies may not be the key to success that the Democrats promised.  So to silence these critics the Curleyists fire up voter support by fanning the flames of class warfare, demonizing “the rich” as “oppressors” and “exploiters of the poor.”  This always works: the few who see the real problem (Democrat policies) are said to be “acting white” or called “Uncle Toms” or  “counter-revolutionaries” (the communist term). 

Ultimately the most successful Dem pols are the ones who are the most skilled at firing up the voter base by claiming they’re being oppressed.  We see this in all top Dem pols: AOC, Chuckie Schumer, Hakeem Jeffries, Ilhan Omar, Al Green, Jasmine Crockett...the list is endless.

The combination of high taxes, crumbling city services and demonizing rhetoric encourages smart conservatives to flee.  This is called “shaping the electorate.”

The strategy is named after former Boston mayor James Michael Curley, who served four terms as mayor, three as a member of congress, one as governor, and dozens of other taxpayer-paid positions from 1900 until his death in 1958.  He became THE iconic model for Democrat pols to this day.  They’re the people rational folks should NOT want in government--and the Democrat party loves ‘em because they win...again and again.

And to show how effective this strategy is: only about 8% of voters in Massachusetts are registered Republican, and the state has ZERO Republican congresscritters.

As Democrat senator Harry Reid once smirked after getting away with a cunning lie about a Republican presidential candidate: “It worked, didn’t it?”