The notion of beta and omega predators in a wolf pack becomes more salient in the Social Darwinian environment of American conservatism. It's not 'dog-eat-dog' as much as it is 'eat-or-be-eaten'...
An obsequious panderer like Ted Cruz exists simultaneously on the fringe and in the mainstream, offending no one by living on scraps and carrion until the alpha of the moment in the pack self-immolates, when the submissive bogarts the alpha predator position in the ensuing chaos by being the least objectionable to the other members through a familiarity bred from low level contempt, instead of becoming the best suited based on his actual achievement and constituency-building..
The notion of beta and omega predators in a wolf pack becomes more salient in the Social Darwinian environment of American conservatism. It's not 'dog-eat-dog' as much as it is 'eat-or-be-eaten'...
An obsequious panderer like Ted Cruz exists simultaneously on the fringe and in the mainstream, offending no one by living on scraps and carrion until the alpha of the moment in the pack self-immolates, when the submissive bogarts the alpha predator position in the ensuing chaos by being the least objectionable to the other members through a familiarity bred from low level contempt, instead of becoming the best suited based on his actual achievement and constituency-building..