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I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around.
I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook's and ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me; we live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous Nation and we've become completely blind to it.
Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose. These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don't give them a second thought.
We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty One Times!
Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful?
Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of Socialist policies among my generation continues to grow. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, "An entire generation which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America came of age and never saw American prosperity."
Never saw American prosperity? Let that sink in.
When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I've ever heard in my 26 years on this earth. Many young people agree with her, which is entirely misguided.
My generation is being indoctrinated by a mainstream narrative to actually believe we have never seen prosperity. I know this first hand, I went to college, let's just say I didn't have the popular opinion, but I disagree.
Why then, with all of the overwhelming evidence around us, evidence that I can even see sitting at a coffee shop, do we not view this as prosperity? We have people who are dying to get into our country!
People around the world destitute and truly impoverished. Yet, we have a young generation convinced they've never seen prosperity and, as a result, we elect some politicians who are dead set on taking steps towards abolishing Capitalism!
Why? The answer is this, my generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast! We didn't live in the great depression or live through two World Wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War and we didn't see the rise and fall of Socialism and Communism.
We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones.
We don't have a prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague."
"An entire generation which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America came of age and never saw American prosperity."
ReplyDeleteI see why youre saying the things youve said.. But to conflate materials being readily available angd generally affordable doesnt exactly translate to a prosperous society.
Im 65, and I watched my Grampa singlehandedly operate a 13 stool snackbar in the foyer of a grocery store in Houston. He was supporting me, my mom and sister, and his wife,, and was able to save money, build a nice garage, add a bedroom on the house, trade up on cars,,buy horses,, He Prospered.. It was a time before the federal reserve and fiat money had driven the value of the dollar into the ditch. This , of course was a period of years, and we moved out, mom got married,, But he didnt bite into a load of debt,, he saved, and bought a country store outside of Humble, selling feed, bait, gas and gooseneck trailers.. I met him in about 59,age 4, and by the time I was 10, he had managed to grow himself financially to the point of buyng his country store,, Im sure it had a mortgage, but Im just as sure he laid down a Sack of money on the down payment,,
Thats stuff ya just cant do today,,
100% and no Mother to stay home. :(
DeleteAmen to the above.
ReplyDeleteWOW!! She Nailed it! BOOM! SMACK!! OWWWW! BRAVO!!
ReplyDeleteYes!
Delete"We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones."
ReplyDeleteGonna find out the hard way if you vote "D"...
Really.
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