I understand what you're saying and agree that what you say is true in some places. But it certainly isn't true in other places.
When I say the majority rules, I mean that general law enforcement is carried out with not only the approval of the majority of the people but with their wholehearted encouragement, too. That was very definitely true in the last county in West Virginia where I lived before leaving home. It was a very conservative area and still is (probably more so), although not conservative in the way I think conservatives should be. Remember the old signs, "Beautify America, Get a Haircut?" Not conservative; reactionary. There were no wealthy interests controlling things, although wealthy interests greatly influences the economy but usually little else. It has to be said that wealthy interests tend to disfavor unions and related work issues but not social issues. People running for office tend to get a lot of support (money) from business interests if they are anti-union and related issues and coincidentally, those people usually have very reactionary views towards the usual social issues. As you can imagine, nudity is going to be seen as a vile sin. Mind you, nobody makes the slightest attempt to control alcohol, so I guess liquor is a Good Thing these days.
There are places where it is worse. In some places, the majority doesn't happen to be white but white folks (usually rich old men) still run things. This country has a history of that. It was simple: black and white. Anything else, like brown, simply confuses everything. Of course, in some places, that's long been the case and it isn't a real issue. Places like Texas, Southern California and in the last several decades, South Florida. It's easy to generalize the differences out of existence but they're real. There is a real paradox. These so call conservatives say they hate big government, etc., etc., etc., yet they seem to want it to be more powerful at the same time and to do the things they want done at the same time. They want to have their cake and eat it, too, in a manner of speaking. Anyway, they love politicians who try to outdo one another in being tough on crime.
None of the above really speaks to issues of interest to us except that reactionary/conservatives will prevent anything remotely liberal if they possibly can, except they like liberal gun laws.
I've probably said enough.
