Every once in a while you come across a statement detonating heavy shockwaves. Shame is the 12th book for my American Decline series. And twelve books in, I am convinced conservatism is a viable path away from decline. I don’t believe in a one-party state, nor would I want that. The more I’ve read, however, I have noticed the grievance obsession of liberals. I’ve noticed this in conversation in person, and online.
The other day, I spoke to a gentleman who told me that inflation is a Republican shibboleth trying to distract us from the real issue: price gouging. He told me that white greedy males are raising the prices of eggs, Mountain Dew, beef, vegetables, cars, and houses, in sum, all of the cost of living spikes we’ve experienced are due to “systemic greed that makes big corporations screw over the little guy.”
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