Cebu_4_2
5th June 2016, 03:54 PM
June 3 at 11:00am
I normally don't say much about my political beliefs, but I really have some issues with what I've been seeing. I was in Chico last night after the Bernie rally, and the people I saw who were clearly in support of sanders all looked very much the same. I'm not stereotyping these people by race or age or gender, but I am going to label them all as idealists. They like the idea of income equality. They like the idea of free education. They like the idea of legalizing marijuana. (and trust me, plenty of it was berned on the sidewalks last night) they like the idea of getting a pay raise to $15/hr. I can't really blame them. These ideas seem great. Goals that most would would like to see happen. There's only one problem:
I didn't see one person with a pair of work boots. Everyone there wanted Bernie to give them the things they want instead of going out and getting it for themselves. I hate seeing capable, strong, and educated peers settling for mediocracy. I feel that if you want to be mediocre, then you deserve a mediocre life. If you want to put in the work, then you will be successful. All of the tools are available in this country for success and there is no body to blame but yourself for failure.
Now I'm not some chest thumping trump supporter. To be honest the guy needs to learn to shut his mouth every now and then. But what I love about trump is the fact that he Expects greatness. He wants America to work for that 15. He wants to put the lower class into productive industries. He wants to motivate people to work, rather than hand out free stuff. He wants to reward those who innovate and create jobs rather than regulate and tax them to the point of breaking.
America can't thrive without a lot of work. The money has to come from somewhere and if theres incentive to be mediocre, then we are wasting our most valuable resource, the people.
Rant over.
I normally don't say much about my political beliefs, but I really have some issues with what I've been seeing. I was in Chico last night after the Bernie rally, and the people I saw who were clearly in support of sanders all looked very much the same. I'm not stereotyping these people by race or age or gender, but I am going to label them all as idealists. They like the idea of income equality. They like the idea of free education. They like the idea of legalizing marijuana. (and trust me, plenty of it was berned on the sidewalks last night) they like the idea of getting a pay raise to $15/hr. I can't really blame them. These ideas seem great. Goals that most would would like to see happen. There's only one problem:
I didn't see one person with a pair of work boots. Everyone there wanted Bernie to give them the things they want instead of going out and getting it for themselves. I hate seeing capable, strong, and educated peers settling for mediocracy. I feel that if you want to be mediocre, then you deserve a mediocre life. If you want to put in the work, then you will be successful. All of the tools are available in this country for success and there is no body to blame but yourself for failure.
Now I'm not some chest thumping trump supporter. To be honest the guy needs to learn to shut his mouth every now and then. But what I love about trump is the fact that he Expects greatness. He wants America to work for that 15. He wants to put the lower class into productive industries. He wants to motivate people to work, rather than hand out free stuff. He wants to reward those who innovate and create jobs rather than regulate and tax them to the point of breaking.
America can't thrive without a lot of work. The money has to come from somewhere and if theres incentive to be mediocre, then we are wasting our most valuable resource, the people.
Rant over.