"Unfortunately, the middle grounders tend to be silent, for the most part, which gives the impression the majority doesn't exist and that gives an illusion of power to a minority of people." That's true. Most people [white people] in 1860 were neither slaveowners nor abolitionists. In the event, those in the middle had to decide which side they were on. Unfortunately, at present, the purple people seem to have abdicated power. It's up to them to decide if they want to shift the political center of gravity back to the center.. If they don't then whatever happens will not be pleasant.

"Democracy is a pathetic belief in the collective wisdom of individual ignorance." - H. L. Mencken