Although I acknowledge that Whiskey tends to takes some concepts to the extreme, there is no denying that identity politics have come to dominate American politics in the last 30 years. And as identity politics have surged, policy driven statecraft has naturally suffered.

During the last election, identity politics and single issue voting were by far the predominant factor in the ‘water cooler’ conversations I overheard. So much so, that most of the folks I chatted with were not even able to intelligently discuss policy issues let alone pick a candidate based their stance.

Obama’s platform in the last election was so blatantly false that no one who cared to examine it would have believed it. Yet he was easily elected. Inner city political machines (primarily democrats) routinely plunder their constituents and destroy their cities. Yet they are re-elected decade after decade.

Why does this happen? Identity politics pure and simple. California and Oregon are good examples. In most areas of those two states, the democrat will win any election. Period. The democrat could be a scoundral and a cheat and in some cases a criminal, but they will win because ‘republicans are evil’. I live near Portland Oregon, and that is a continual mantra out here come election time. The fact that in many locales elections have been decided by identity politics for years is one of the reasons we are in this mess.

If this practice contiues, ongoing demographic trends virtually guarantee a single party government in the USA (democrat) jsut as they have guaranteed democrat domination of inner city politics since the 60′s. Just imagine the whole country looking and living like the poor souls trapped in the slums of every major American city.