I was just thinking. If lightening ever struck and the world ended up being completely racially and sexually equal, I would definitely be a Republican.
Because see, the thing is. Democrats just want everything to be fair. Everyone should have healthcare, everyone should have an amazing education, everyone should work their way up and then we can all share in the fruits together and not have to be all stressed out your entire life over some money. It's a very hippie way of thinking when you think about it. Like peace, love, harmony. It just all sounds like the right thing to do.
Then you have Republicans who are just hard wired to want to hit a lick essentially. These clowns don't sit at the bottom and think to themselves, "You know, it's really fucking unfair that my boss gets paid 6x my salary, that's really unfairly disproportionate." No that thought never crosses a Republicans mind. A Republican will do his damnest to become the boss, which includes a by any means necessary mentality (which is amazing when you think about this in terms of the Clinton/Obama campaigns. Clinton has basically become the Republican candidate within the Democratic party). So yea, a Republican will hit a lick right quick, then sit back and decide whether or not they want to work at all for the rest of their lives.
I'm down with that mentality. This approach for me, because I think I can do it, is easier because it requires less work OVER TIME. Work hard for 10 years then I'm up. Plus on the same token if everything goes to shit, I'll be the only one losing out because you guys weren't making that much money anyway.
I like to really WIN. Overdo it one time then sit my ass down somewhere. Do what I want. But I also agree with fairness. But I think you can have both under certain circumstances. Trying to be fair all the time, although easier and less stressful, doesn't provide large enough benefits for risk takers. Democrats are like, meh, I'd rather have work just be a section of my life, I don't want it to ever be my life. I'm trying to live, son! But Republicans are trying to live too, just after the fact. It's all about how you look at it. If it wasn't for Republicans, we wouldn't have these large scale family dynasties basically. Hilton hotels just getting passed down and still making huge profits. That shit is AMAZING. And they owe it all to one guy. And of course he's going to be Republican, cuz he's like man I would've had to do way more work than I actually did if life was fair! It's a an elite club. A fraternity. And all the poor people in it are all the wannabes that just end up getting hazed on.
Which is why I really have a lot of respect for rich Democrats. Cuz they made it and still have a certain amount of respect and experience with the real world. They got where they wanted to go and didn't forget how they got there and have an understanding of every little thing that had to happen to get them there. I think you have to have a profound understanding of the world to get to the level of the rich Democrat. And I don't mean the Madonnas...or anybody like that. I mean, say Anderson Cooper is a Democrat (not sure if he is), but if so, that's amazing. He's a freaking Vanderbilt.
Which brings me to my point that being a Republican is fundamentally racist. Black people don't have money to get the correct education to become the boss. Black people don't know the right people to become the boss. Black people have never even met a boss to understand what they look and act like. Black people don't know shit about shit cuz we just got here and we just now started having the time and tools to even begin to have that thought. Shit 50 years ago our largest concern was staying alive everyday and hopefully get a job making half of what you make so we didn't really have the time/energy/networks to be figuring out how we can cheat and/or rise above the system. Then we were having kids too cuz home life was probably better back then and if you never learn then you ain't got shit to teach. Still learning about life while having kids = not smart. But now that our schools are better than they were in the 60s, we're starting to come around, but we still ain't there yet and it isn't our fucking fault. Just because white people decided to ease up on us a lil bit, its fair to assume that we should just figure everything out very quickly and thrive? When y'all have been doing this for hundreds of years? We're still figuring shit out. Y'all got it figured out and are just passing the information along? Duh?
So black Republicans make me wonder. Do they really think that they're THAT large? They're having that good of a time in the world, really? Half of these fools don't even exist as their authentic selves in their lives. I wonder how it is that they become that arrogant and that out of touch with reality where you think you're in another world where black people actually have a chance. Because that's what you're saying by being a Republican. Everyone has a fair chance here, either you sink or you swim. Stop being lazy and expecting shit to just be given to you. That shit makes my head want to explode. Some people out here really have no idea or grasp on the realities of being any type of minority here. Black. Gay. Hispanic. You name it. Some shit, you just have to experience better than you can explain.
But Barack Obama certainly gave that last sentence a run for every thought I've ever had in my head about race and America. I mean, he explained it so simply, but without oversimplifying the problems. So intelligent, SO smart...he's everything. He is nothing short of amazing. What kinda person can't get with that shit?


1 comment:
candace i love this speech! interesting points about fairness. too bad everyone starts on such an unequal playing field and many people have no chance from the moment they are born, especially if they are one of the majority in the world who can barely afford to eat... while others are born w/ everything at their fingertips.
but i digress. i love your blog, how did you get the header photos like that? cool;)
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