Now that we have that straightened out, can we drop the "Poor, poor me, the rich and privileged yet disadvantaged white guy."
While having nothing to do with our country being great at one point he gets all the blame for it's rise but no credit for it's decline.
An inverted world is a drag
Originally Posted by Munchmasterman
This seems to be a common theme among my detractors - I shouldn't complain about affirmative action/diversity because I'm rich and therefore haven't been victimized by it. This misses the point on several levels.
First, I overcame the system through hard work, which I continue to this day. (Yes, I also got lucky, as has anyone who ever got rich) Not that I mind working hard but along the way certain opportunities were stolen from me by my own government and given to "deserving" minorities. It is just plain wrong for the government to compensate a few blacks with affirmative action, and victimize a few whites.
Secondly, if what is being done in the name of recompense is just and fair, the government should pay all blacks, not just benefiting a few of them. Additionally, it should not create individual consequences for people, but group consequences for the whole nation, acting as a penance for all. Once reparations have been paid out, all agree affirmative action/diversity stops forever, and we go back to a merit based system for promotion, admissions, representation, etc. - even if every promotion goes to white people.
Finally, if the rich whites do not fight for the poor whites, no one will. Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. The elites have completely sold out everyone in their way for their own comfort and wealth and privilege. Among the ways they get away with it is that now everyone thinks poor whites are disposable, and they have the races fighting each other, and amongst each other over racism. I happen to think whites are people deserving all the liberties guaranteed in the Constitution, including equal protection of the laws.
#whitelivesmatter