liberalism as a disease

That's a great way to think of it. Vox hits this one dead on, filling in the blanks that Victor Davis Hanson left alone. The comments are great, too, and someone beat me to the obvious of pointing out that New England, and Taxachusetts more than any other N.E. state probably, is exporting carriers to the southern regions in droves. Methinks the only way to escape slowly wasting away among the swarming parasites is to bolt to far-off shores.