If Bush wins, you could argue it means that the candidate perceived as being pro-free market to some degree is still able to beat the explicitly socialist candidate. That is, it’s somewhat heartening that not everyone simply votes for redistribution of wealth–a sort of runaway democracy result which I’ve always feared. It means that despite minorities becoming a larger percentage of the population, there’s still no avalanche in favor of outright welfarism and socialism. Maybe it means the clear-cut collapse of communism has instilled as sort of common wisdom the idea that the market is basically essential.

Or maybe I’m getting desperate here, trying to find a silver lining.

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