It is worth noting in every case, that the urban voter, or poll respondent, leads the swing. I have written from time to time on what I call the “school of fish” phenomenon among urban electorates.
The nicest, politest explanation of such swings is the Canadian desire for “peace in the family.” We may not like what is going to be done, but once it has been done, we won’t look back. That is to say, a public attitude of “don’t rock the boat,” which is maintained even when pirates are boarding it.
Now, I am a Catholic, and my Church teaches that “despair” is a sin (since it involves the abandonment of hope in eternity). So I opt instead for “desolation,” which is not a sin, merely a psychological response to everything around one being in an advanced state of disintegration. For civilization requires, among other things, a general populace with moral ideas that cannot be altered by the slightest breeze.
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