A summary of my political beliefs.
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Thread Topic: A summary of my political beliefs.
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I believe everyone should be equal and free from oppression or discrimination, such as that based on economic class, gender, sex, sexual orientation, race, color, and what not.
That's it really. There are mechanics behind all of these things, but this is the simplest way to put it. -
That's me more or less. I also happen to subscribe to what I call the "who cares" philosophy on some issues. For example:
Abortion: Who cares? It ain't yo baby.
Homosexuality: Who cares? It ain't yo dick. -
Well that's the driving idea behind America.
The "American Dream" is a society that only expects from a person what you have earned from them, and what they have led you to believe of them. I.e. a society wherein what you do is the largest factor in your fate.
The problem is that while the concept is not outdated, it's been a while since we fought for that dream in any capacity. Since the revolutionary war, only one or two real examples of American determination for the freedom to achieve have shown (most of which occured within the black rights movement around the 20's to 60's.) token figures who stood for the American dream in some real way, like Roosevelt, Martin Luther, Harriet Tubman..are few and far between.
You'll see feminists, hippies, racial activists...all whining about their rights and talking about the constitution, but in the end, by and large their begging for rights from a machine that has very little incentive to grant them.
the problem with the feminists and hippies, and the defining difference between them and the revolutionist, is that most modern activists have it in their head, that they are ENTITLED to whatever they're yelling about.
there's a lot of talk about the constitution, and about rights, but the truth is, the constitution is outdated. It needs updated in the interest of the American Dream, and while this is true, it's foolish to continually reference it as a bases for rights. When the constitution was drafted, it was legal to own slaves.
The bottom line is this: All social liberties can be taken away at the drop of a hat, the government doesn't OWE you anything. The people who oppress you don't OWE you anything.
The governments mandate is to keep the country flying the colors of the constitution until such time as the PEOPLE decide to change it.
Which is to say that the moment activists stop pretending their entitled to what they want and put some hard nosed work in, they wont accomplish anything, and any rights achieved in the future will be a stroke of luck as we piggyback the rest of the civilized world into the future.
The power to change one's own life is in their own hands even in the most oppressive and tyrannic of societies. I don't see why people act like it's so tough in America. -
I think we need more movements like those in the 20's. The problem with that is that it requires a lot of people to be doing it at the same time. Where the hell am I going to get one of those?
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where there's a will there's a way?
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