I sometimes despair. 

The curse plaguing conservatives in the modern world is to see the inevitable consequences of a horrible policy, warn the public, and get dismissed as an alarmist or even a bigot. 

This is, of course, the same fate as the Greek tragic figure of Cassandra, who Apollo condemned to the same fate. 

As one of the modern Cassandra, I look around and see how, election after election, Democrats and the transnational elite are empowered to put in place policies with the most predictable of disastrous results, yet nobody listens to our warnings. Mass immigration, the spread of gender ideology, DEI and CRT, climate policies--it's easy to see that disaster follows from liberal policies, yet nobody pays attention until things get ruined. 

Voters elect a Karen Bass or Brandon Johnson and are shocked to discover that they are exactly what we warned about. 

Johnson is arguably the most radical mayor in the country; Bass is undoubtedly the most stupid. Neither cares about their citizens. 

In a press conference on how he is determined to thwart ICE detentions and deportations of illegal aliens--that was the whole point of the press conference--Johnson was asked about Tom Homan's being able to arrest a sex offender within hours of his arrival. Why didn't Johnson already do the same?

Johnson's answer: it's not my job. 

REPORTER: Tom Homan came to Chicago and within 24 hours found a criminal illegal alien convicted sex offender who was living here since 2009. Why can’t you do that?

Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson: It’s not my job pic.twitter.com/9IyagAaNMX

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2025

Johnson, throughout the press conference, kept insisting that his job is to PROTECT the violent criminals his city is harboring and has appropriated resources to ensure that as many as possible can escape ICE. 

Chicagoans don't like his policies. But they voted for him anyway--although his electoral base is made up almost entirely of government employees, who dominate big city politics. 

Just a reminder that Brandon Johnson has a 14% approval rating with the people of Chicago 🥴🤡pic.twitter.com/nmS8Erefj2

— Common Cent$ (@Common_Cent1) January 28, 2025

The political dynamic in this country is dominated by the contest between the middle and working classes against the government, the elite, and the AWFLs who despise us. Brandon Johnson is a creature of government. He was a teacher, a teachers' union boss, and he saw his primary task as pillaging the public for the benefit of his cronies and their clients. 

Chicago Mayor: I’m gonna protect illegals in Chicago

*the next day*

2 illegals wanted for murdering a man in Chicago pic.twitter.com/QW1R0eCfZW

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2025

Chicago schools can't teach children, but its teachers are among the highest-paid in the entire world. Johnny can't read and his teacher can't teach, but Johnson only cares about shoveling money into a failing system. 

I-TOLD-YOU-SO. You didn't listen and look at the results. 

I am Cassandra, reborn. 

🚨JUST IN: Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnson was asked about testifying on Chicago's sanctuary status but instead brought up reparations and colonization

He also says the "White House is being run in one of the most raggedy forms of government he has ever seen."

"If anybody is… pic.twitter.com/UmvV8by4uv

— Unlimited L's (@unlimited_ls) January 30, 2025

There are lots of kind-hearted liberals who should know better--many of them are smart--but they are so blinded by weaponized empathy that they can't see the most foreseeable things. They worry about past racism, so they ignore current disasters. 

“And if they want to have a real discussion about undocumented individuals who are criminals, they should look at the very individuals who enslaved my people and colonized this land!” - Chicago Mayor Brandon Johnsonpic.twitter.com/l9FfvWD56i

— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) January 30, 2025

One of the many reasons why we must dismantle government as much as we can is that without government employees to provide their largest voting block most of these local government officials would never get elected. Sure, there are leftists in cities, and San Francisco will always lean left, but public employee unions always push the most left-leaning and morally corrupt leaders. 

I am no fan of Rahm Emmanuel, but as Chicago Mayor he was as sane a person as you could expect. Public employee unions pushed him out in favor of the genuinely insane. Lori Lightfoot replaced him. Enough said. Now Brandon Johnson is in charge. 

Totally predictable. 

In fact, we predicted all this, and people didn't listen. 

So here we are. When asked about protecting Chicagoans from the worst of the worst, the mayor replies: "It's not my job." His job is to protect the worst of the worst. 

We are all Cassandra. Doomed to be ignored as we warn of impending doom.