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| Silverfiddle Rant! |
Polling from reputable organizations can serve as a barometer, but I don't put too much stock in them, since they usually reflect the panic of the moment. Here in the US tribal territories, most people herd up around the loudest ideological tastemakers they agree with, and most polling is a reflection of that.
Rasmussen has taken the temperature of the populace to determine what we believe are the greatest threats to our nation. Here are some results...
Fifty-seven percent (57%) of Democratic voters believe supporters of Donald Trump are a serious threat to the nation.56% of those in President Biden’s party also consider the unvaccinated a serious threat. That’s a higher level of concern than Democrats express about the Taliban (44% see it as a serious threat); China (44%), or Russia (37%).For Republicans, the top concerns are the Taliban (66%), Defund the Police Activists (62%), and China (58%).The top three concerns for Independents are the same as the GOP (though in a different order). The Taliban is the biggest concern for independent voters (46%) followed by China (45%) and Defund the Police Activists (36%).
I disagree with all of them (with one exception). Here is my list of biggest threats to America:
The lying, wasteful, war-making political establishment that serially fails to square up on our nation's most pressing issues and instead traffics in trivialities, propaganda, and political porn designed only to continually inflame their base and extract donations from them.
The Big Education establishment that rent-seeks off taxpayer money and fails to teach the fundamentals of a classical education that are critical to our liberal democracy: Logic, Reason, Critical Thinking, and Toleration of differing beliefs.
China. Their government is much smarter and much more serious than ours
Our government's failure to foster economic cooperation among friendly nations that lead to robust, trusted supply chains.
Infrastructure security against hacking, EMP bursts and solar activity
The near-failed states to our south
The ever-expanding national debt
Corporate ownership of the public square and the neo-censorship that goes with it.
Loss of habitat
Our nation's water supply
What Say You?
