LM#84--The Cost Of Sitting Out
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You can feel justified skipping an election. You can tell yourself it is a protest, a message, a lesson. We challenge that story by walking through a stark thought experiment set in 2031: what happens when frustrated conservatives sit out the 2026 midterms and the Senate flips, the filibuster falls, and judicial confirmations stop cold. Whether you agree with every detail or not, the underlying question is real and urgent: how quickly can the rules change when one side controls Congress and the White House with only 50 votes?
We take the viral-style scenario and strip it down to the mechanics of power, focusing on Senate control, the filibuster, and why courts are downstream of elections. We also talk through major proposals that already exist as bills or party priorities, including Supreme Court expansion, statehood pushes that add senators and electoral votes, single-payer health care as a new permanent bureaucracy, and immigration policy that can reshape the electorate over time. The theme is compounding: one institutional change can unlock the next.
Then we reach back to history for the clearest warning label we know. The 1912 split between Taft and Theodore Roosevelt helps Woodrow Wilson win with a plurality, and the next few years deliver lasting federal institutions like the income tax system, the Federal Reserve, and new regulatory agencies. The names change, but the lesson sticks: when you hand the other side the pen, what they write can last for generations.
If you are angry, disappointed, or tired of politics, this Liberty Minute is built for you, and it ends with a practical voting plan you can execute in minutes. Subscribe for more, share this with a friend who is tempted to stay home, and leave a review with your take: what actually changes your mind to vote?
Key Points from the Episode:
• a fictional 2031 scenario as a turnout warning
• why Senate control drives judges and the filibuster
• how court expansion, new states and amnesty can lock in power
• the 1912 Taft versus Roosevelt split and the Wilson aftermath
• why Congress writes the laws while presidents get the headlines
• responding to voter frustration and the temptation to sit out
• a simple plan to vote and bring others with you
So with 18 days, let me ask that you go check your registration. Go to your Secretary of State's website. It takes two minutes. Make a plan, early vote, absentee vote, election day vote. Pick the day, pick the time, pick put it on your calendar. Bring three people with you.
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