Liberals, being Liberals, seem to be unable to understand
that other people are not really like them. This seems to be true even of semi,
or quasi, or part time, or even pretend Liberals, like President Obama for
example. Obama may in fact be the worst when it comes to this handicap. He
keeps insisting there is only one America, that he will achieve bipartisan
support, at least on important matters that have to do with the good of the
nation. He keeps insisting there are no Democrats or Republicans, no Blacks and
Whites, no divisions at all, we are basically just one people with the best
interest of the nation at heart. Other Liberals, I believe, tend to share this
optimistic view of the American people. They are apparently constitutionally
unable to believe otherwise in spite of the evidence this is manifestly untrue.
Republicans are opposed to any taxes on the filthy rich and
the huge corporations that now control he world, they are opposed to labor
unions, unemployment insurance, food stamps, Planned Parenthood, child care,
public education, Social Security,
Medicare, Medicaid, minimum wage laws, and virtually anything that would
benefit the “lower classes,” the working poor, common laborers, and even
government itself. This obviously poses a grave problem for Liberals who strive
endlessly to achieve programs that would improve the common good. Why they keep
trying in the face of such total opposition I do not know. I guess it is what
they feel they must do, it is part of governing, it is what they presumably
exist for. And because it is what they exist for they cannot understand why
others do not feel the same way. They think, for example, that if they keep
bringing up sensible gun regulations, eventually the Republican opposition will
see the truth and join them, if they try to create jobs Republicans will
likewise see the need and join them, if they keep trying to fund Planned
Parenthood, Republicans will see the light and eventually join them, if they
strive for universal health care, they will eventually succeed in overcoming
Republican opposition because, of course, all Americans should wish for such
things, because, after all, we are all one people, we all want the same things,
and so on.
It should be apparent by now that this Liberal dream of
looking out for the people is based on truly false assumptions, namely the
assumption that we are all one in wanting to improve the lot of ordinary
citizens, in governing, in making a world in which there is equal opportunity
for all, in which there is a thriving Middle Class, in which our children are
cared for, education is important, the elderly are cared for, and so on and on.
What they fail to understand is that Republicans DO NOT GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THESE
GOALS, and in fact are willing to go to any lengths to prevent them.
Have you ever seen any Republican plans for taking care of
children or the elderly? Have you ever seen any Republican plans for universal
health care? Have you ever seen any Republican plan for putting the Middle
Class back to work, raising wages, unemployment
insurance, food stamps, child care? Do they ever promote anything other
than smaller government and fewer taxes? Of course not, and why not? The answer
is simple enough, THEY DO NOT CARE
ABOUT SUCH THINGS. They do not care if
children and old people suffer, if people die because they lack health care, if
people go hungry and live in poverty. If you can’t afford health insurance, tough. If you can’t
afford child care, tough, if you need an abortion, tough, just suffer and die,
proletariat scum. They have theirs, and they will never cease trying to suck
whatever remaining blood you have to be theirs as well. If they can they will
eventually privatize everything: the land, the water, energy, food, health
care, Social Security, even sex and the air we breathe. One of our wealthy
CEO’s said just the other day we have no right to water! They have become so
powerful and so brazen they no longer even pretend to be interested in public
welfare, the public be damned, profit is the only important goal. We are a
culture, I fear, gone mad with greed and power, in which the concept of
community has disappeared entirely, to be replaced with the most primitive
principles of dog-eat-dog mentality and the survival of the wealthiest. Such a
culture cannot survive for long and I believe we are seeing at the moment the
beginnings of the end.
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