I understand the impulse and it may be optimal from short-term electoral perspective, but I can’t shake the feeling that openly choosing to write off a significant segment of the population is ultimately fatal to the long-term health of the body politic.
This is not to say one must craft policy that must appeal to all - neither possible nor desirable. But embracing the concept that a significant portion of the population is permanently the enemy is not healthy for any system.
Any healthy system of government must at least espouse the principle of governing for all the people, even if the reality doesn’t meet such a lofty goal. Aspirations are important.
Or at least so it appears from my informal survey of history.
