I've made similar statements on previous blogs but I'm going to repeat some things. Bear with me.
We Americans, and this is particularly true for my generation known as Generation X, who grew up idolizing Ronald Reagan and Margaret Thatcher, have been spoon fed this idea of rugged individualism since birth. We were taught to believe in capitalism and hate anything different. Government was evil and encroached on our freedoms and I wasn't just drinking that kool-aid I was stirring it and handing it out particularly as a member of the Libertarian party.
European and in particular Scandinavian countries like Finland figured out long ago that capitalism needs to be held in check. You need a strong social safety net. It's not that capitalism is broken, it's being exposed.
America was built on slave labor. White heterosexual males (and some women later on) have been in charge for centuries. It's starting to change. People of Color, women, the LGBT community and immigrants are starting to have a voice. And the white heterosexual "Christian" community is scared. That's why they've latched on to Donald trump. They know he's a crook. They know he's a womanizer. They may even know he's mentally ill. They don't care. He speaks to them. He lies. But he speaks to them. They relate to him.
They come up with conspiracy theories that I have to listen to from customers and coworkers and I can't say anything because my job is on the line.
Did y'all know Nancy Pelosi, the Clintons and Barak Obama went to China and brought the coronavirus to America in order to turn it into a socialist country? Or that Bill Gates created it so he can put microchips in the vaccines? How about the one a FedEx driver told me, that Joe Biden was going to nominate Hillary as his running mate then resign when he became President?
They believe this BS too. It makes the world make sense to them because they can't believe there's other opinions and ways of viewing the world.
Ok I think that's it for now. Time to try to sleep again.
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