Practically bankrupt

There was a game called Doom. It was the original first person shooter. You had a gun, went from room to room shooting zombies. At the end of the series of rooms was a master villain. You had to shoot the villain many times to kill it. Many shots were required before you saw any damage. Some showed no damage until they just died, so you had no way of knowing how much impact you had on the villain until it died. The only clue you had was that if you played it perfectly and ran out of bullets and the villain was still alive, you probably did something wrong.

Progressives have told us for years that the social problems in America are like the Doom villains. We throw money and resources at the problems, with no apparent significant change, but the problem is that we just haven't done enough. We are now nearly out of dollars and as of yet see no evidence that the problems are improving. In addition, we have strong data from experimental psychology that progressives might be approaching this problem wrongly. Is it possible that Progressivism is wrong? That the goals they desire are not reachable by their strategy and tactics with the resources available?

What if the only way to succeed requires personal effort? What if inequality of outcomes is actually a good thing? What if too much government stifles innovation and economic growth? What if there are better and worse lifestyles, as measured by the advancement of the human condition on earth? What if there are better and worse belief systems, also as measured by the advancement of the human condition on earth? What if we should trust the great thinkers of the past rather than the silver tongued self promoters of today?

Put down the gun. Pull the conservative lever, and that villain may just fall through the trap door.