An Open Letter to Conservatives

To my conservative friends:

Many of you are expressing angst and opposition to Trump on the basis that he isn't a conservative. First, conservatism has conserved nothing. No pieces of the liberal agenda have been stopped, only slowed, and often brought back by “conservatives” in a weaker form. Second, look at the candidates of the last two elections. McCain is a neocon and internationalist. Romney had no stances of his own, and had nothing to say. National Review recently put out an anti-Trump issue, in clear violation of its 501(c)3 status. They CAN'T campaign for or against any candidate.

Now, what is the most important issue this election? Looking internationally, the New Year's Eve sex attacks in Cologne and the fact that Sweden is now the rape capital of Europe, that would seem to be immigration. Looking at recent crime in London, it seems to be immigration again. Let's look at some crime in the US. There's been a spike of activity in the Minneapolis/St. Paul area, mostly by refugees. It's not isolated, or coincidental. It's the result of a different worldview, that doesn't value women, or people outside that view. Magic Dirt doesn't make people Americans, or French, or German, or Swedish.

A quick look at jobs reveals similar results: Disney imported a bunch of H1-B tech people and laid off the US citizens holding those jobs. It's getting harder and harder to find work for low skilled workers, and for workers who are trainable, but don't have experience. Replace the skilled, experienced workers; they go into a lower level job, pushing requirements up for everyone else.

Another point that most Republicans seem to be missing is that this election, like the last two, isn't about conservative or liberal. It's about nationalism or globalism. I know I'm going to get “free trade” arguments; free trade doesn't even happen between the states, it's heavily regulated as “interstate commerce”. It used to be that the bulk of US tax money came from tarrifs. Imports were higher quality of necessity; they had to be better to be desirable, or nobody wanted them. Free trade is an illusion presented by economists and globalists.

Now, on to Trump: is he conservative? Not really. I would rather support Rand Paul, but immigration and trade imbalances seem to be threats at least as large as the unsustainability of the Federal Reserve system. When it comes to foreign policy, I am growing convinced we have allied ourselves with the many of the wrong nations in the Middle East. We interfered with an Iran that was growing secular, and created Muslim extremism(not stating we can trust them now). We ignored the Albanian genocide, and still haven't recognized it. The Turks have been attacking the Kurdish forces, the only local groups making headway against ISIS.

Thank you for reading,

Byron Grimes