David Brooks & Bill Kristol Agree: Demographics Are Destiny

Here's the central challenge of our age: Over the next few decades, America will become a majority-minority country. It is hard to think of other major nations, down through history, that have managed such a transition and still held together.

It seems that the Democratic Party is going to lead us through this transition. The Republicans have decided to pretend it's not happening.

I've always disliked the phrase "demography is destiny," as it seems to minimize the capacity for deliberation and self-government, for reflection and choice. But looking at tonight's results in detail, one has to say that today, in America, demography sure seems to be destiny.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 7, 2018

We're running a census every two years as much as an election.

— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) November 7, 2018