State Leadership Initiative
Mar 19, 2026
As time goes on, more and more cars are adorned with these bumper stickers, a warning against the importation of destructive ideas taking over their home, but what happens when a Red state goes blue? We now have two examples of what the collapse and destruction will look like: Colorado and, as of 2025, Virginia.
Following the new blue trifecta in Virginia, we see an opening into the game plan. Run as moderates and rule as radicals. Within the few months of taking power, the Virginia legislature has proposed a litany of insane and destructive policies that would ruin the state. They’ve proposed minimum sentence removals for rape, murder, and child porn production and distribution; a ban on assault rifle purchases; a ban on handguns in cars (lawmakers are exempt, of course); tax increases; redistricting to ensure they never lose another election; mandatory race-based discrimination in state contracts; and much more.
None of this is particularly surprising given that the attorney general still won his race after being exposed for fantasizing over murdering Republican children, but what does this mean for the future of Virginia? What will Virginia look like in 10 years’ time?
The answer is Colorado.
Just over twenty years ago, Colorado had its last Republican governor. Since then it has been a stronghold of leftist policy, endlessly importing out-of-state voters to calcify its left-wing government. Back when Democrats first took control, Colorado was one of the most desirable states to live in; it was listed in all sorts of magazines and featured across TV. Fortune 500 companies were sprinting to Denver, and the state economy exploded with new investment. So where is Colorado now?
Unsurprisingly, it’s in a recession. Nobody talks about it; Colorado is the silent tribute to the failures of left-wing economic governance. Colorado doesn’t have the geographic advantages of California nor the institutional buy-in of New York. So when things go south, companies pull out. The result is a private sector that has been consistently shrinking. All of the private losses in the state last year were quietly made up with new public sector jobs. However, the government is in a 1.2 billion dollar shortfall, and the Polis regime is quietly admitting that they will have to cut back.
While the housing crisis has taken its toll nationwide, it’s even worse in Colorado; homebuyer misery is up in every county across the state. Even after the end of COVID-19 lockdowns, domestic migration never bounced back, and even international migration has fallen off a cliff. The most desirable state in the country has now become a wasteland where everyone wants to leave but can’t because nobody wants to move in.
It somehow gets worse, though. Homelessness is up 90% since 2020, never recovering from COVID levels. Even after the end of COVID lockdowns, it only got worse; homelessness of families with children is up 134% between 2023 and 2024. Similarly, crime is up, while red states across the country are seeing drops, and the most unruly cities like Memphis are being tamed by National Guard deployments; Colorado’s violent crime rate has increased by over 30% commensurate with the 28% reduction of prison populations.
Even Colorado’s shining jewel Boulder has faded into irrelevance. Once the most illustrious city in America, it used to receive accolades like being the startup capital of the US; it was foretold to be the next Silicon Valley. Now it’s a retirement home with an impending “silver wave.” The only thing keeping Boulder alive right now is the famous University of Colorado Boulder, which heavily inflates its under-24 population.
The story is clear: before Colorado could become the next big thing, left-wing governance shut it down. The next Silicon Valley ended up being in Austin, not Boulder. Massive companies like Pfizer, Boom Supersonic, and Palantir have all pulled out of the state. The worst part of all is that Coloradoans will keep voting for it. Whatever voter base that existed 2 decades ago has been supplanted, and even when the overwhelming sentiment across the state is that the left has mismanaged it, the voter base will still vote the left in.
The future of Virginia and every Red state that turns Blue isn’t one of bombastic collapse but of entrapment, stagnation, and silent failure. The game plan has been public for some time: once one election is won, irrevocably destroy the ability to lose power, then govern the state into the ground.
Catchy bumper stickers and braggadocious remarks on TV aren’t enough anymore; red states must understand the real threat of losing once and guard themselves from it.
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Mar 19, 2026
As time goes on, more and more cars are adorned with these bumper stickers, a warning against the importation of destructive ideas taking over their home, but what happens when a Red state goes blue? We now have two examples of what the collapse and destruction will look like: Colorado and, as of 2025, Virginia.
Following the new blue trifecta in Virginia, we see an opening into the game plan. Run as moderates and rule as radicals. Within the few months of taking power, the Virginia legislature has proposed a litany of insane and destructive policies that would ruin the state. They’ve proposed minimum sentence removals for rape, murder, and child porn production and distribution; a ban on assault rifle purchases; a ban on handguns in cars (lawmakers are exempt, of course); tax increases; redistricting to ensure they never lose another election; mandatory race-based discrimination in state contracts; and much more.
None of this is particularly surprising given that the attorney general still won his race after being exposed for fantasizing over murdering Republican children, but what does this mean for the future of Virginia? What will Virginia look like in 10 years’ time?
The answer is Colorado.
Just over twenty years ago, Colorado had its last Republican governor. Since then it has been a stronghold of leftist policy, endlessly importing out-of-state voters to calcify its left-wing government. Back when Democrats first took control, Colorado was one of the most desirable states to live in; it was listed in all sorts of magazines and featured across TV. Fortune 500 companies were sprinting to Denver, and the state economy exploded with new investment. So where is Colorado now?
Unsurprisingly, it’s in a recession. Nobody talks about it; Colorado is the silent tribute to the failures of left-wing economic governance. Colorado doesn’t have the geographic advantages of California nor the institutional buy-in of New York. So when things go south, companies pull out. The result is a private sector that has been consistently shrinking. All of the private losses in the state last year were quietly made up with new public sector jobs. However, the government is in a 1.2 billion dollar shortfall, and the Polis regime is quietly admitting that they will have to cut back.
While the housing crisis has taken its toll nationwide, it’s even worse in Colorado; homebuyer misery is up in every county across the state. Even after the end of COVID-19 lockdowns, domestic migration never bounced back, and even international migration has fallen off a cliff. The most desirable state in the country has now become a wasteland where everyone wants to leave but can’t because nobody wants to move in.
It somehow gets worse, though. Homelessness is up 90% since 2020, never recovering from COVID levels. Even after the end of COVID lockdowns, it only got worse; homelessness of families with children is up 134% between 2023 and 2024. Similarly, crime is up, while red states across the country are seeing drops, and the most unruly cities like Memphis are being tamed by National Guard deployments; Colorado’s violent crime rate has increased by over 30% commensurate with the 28% reduction of prison populations.
Even Colorado’s shining jewel Boulder has faded into irrelevance. Once the most illustrious city in America, it used to receive accolades like being the startup capital of the US; it was foretold to be the next Silicon Valley. Now it’s a retirement home with an impending “silver wave.” The only thing keeping Boulder alive right now is the famous University of Colorado Boulder, which heavily inflates its under-24 population.
The story is clear: before Colorado could become the next big thing, left-wing governance shut it down. The next Silicon Valley ended up being in Austin, not Boulder. Massive companies like Pfizer, Boom Supersonic, and Palantir have all pulled out of the state. The worst part of all is that Coloradoans will keep voting for it. Whatever voter base that existed 2 decades ago has been supplanted, and even when the overwhelming sentiment across the state is that the left has mismanaged it, the voter base will still vote the left in.
The future of Virginia and every Red state that turns Blue isn’t one of bombastic collapse but of entrapment, stagnation, and silent failure. The game plan has been public for some time: once one election is won, irrevocably destroy the ability to lose power, then govern the state into the ground.
Catchy bumper stickers and braggadocious remarks on TV aren’t enough anymore; red states must understand the real threat of losing once and guard themselves from it.
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