I spend a few minutes every day reviewing the histories of various people born on that particular day. Inevitably, you find that many are actors or entertainment industry folks as the list is generated for people who would be interested in such things. All ages are represented to even those who died long ago.
I have observed that the vast majority of the present day actors and entertainment liberal activists who show up on this list are the children of parents who were/are actors themselves; parents who are in academia; parents who are in politics; or combinations of the above..All are the progeny of wealth and privilege and seem to have embraced the ‘status quo’ that supports their lifestyles over any other point of view.
What is interesting is that a generation or two ago, most actors, musicians and entertainers arose from modest if not impoverished origins and amazingly, they all seemed to be conservative, patriotic, and anti-socialism in their political positions. This is almost a universal constant with the outliers who professed their preferences for socialism or communism being people with European origins such as first generation emigres or children of same.
I think that the significance of this is that those who have struggled and made their fortunes have more respect for the self made individual who did not rely or count on any assistance on their way up the ladder of success. John Voight and Angelina Jolie are an example of first and second generation successes who are polar opposites politically. Also of interest is that the children of conservatives find themselves identifying as liberal/socialist types and you have to wonder why. Is it pressure from their peers that forces them to identify as such to get work? Is in a industrial bias? Probably.
If you take this comparison and apply it to second, third, fourth and so on welfare families you can see how the lack of a hard work ethic has the largest impact upon the political bias of the future generations. If you have been given a lifestyle by a power of some sort or another, you will be hard pressed to bite the hand that feeds you and proclaim that a different philosophy is superior. Thus we see generational welfare families both black and white demonstrating and protesting as they reject the mantra of hard work and self reliance as being ‘unfair’ and ‘unreasonable’ expectations due to perceived discrimination of society. Funny thing is that everything that they receive is supposed to end that discrimination and allow them to achieve self reliance only the vast majority refuse to do so or, they never quite become free of the welfare state of mind even if they manage to find jobs and earn a living. This mental perception is far more of a handicap for anyone than any material discrimination is.
This bias of mentality is being exploited by the left who know full well that this reliance in a safety net for survival is as much a trap as it is a benefit. They, the left, accuse their opposition of trying to take away the safety net thereby putting these mentally dependent people at risk (in their minds anyways) and create a panic and outrage that is undeserved and exaggerated beyond reality. The truth is that since these programs are all founded in legislation, no executive or simple act of Congress is going to alter them in any meaningful way. In other words, we are stuck with welfare and medicaid and will be doling it out for generations to come.
What can be done to alter this construct?
We need to first take back our schools from the government and return the control of them and the content that is taught back to the local communities. Only by allowing local schools to cater to local educational needs will these institutions return to their functional purpose of preparing students to move out into the world and the workforce. Further, we need to return to a trade school system because not all graduates are college material and there are thousands of careers that are not academic based that need qualified people to fill the employment needs. Included with this is the fact that we need to end the stereotyping of people who are not college graduates as being simpletons and not equal as intellectuals in our society. All self supporting, hard working people deserve respect.
Second, we need to do everything possible to enhance and promote the establishment and continuity of the nuclear family unit with both parental roles intact in that unit. Single parent families along with hyphenated gender type families are not as stable or as capable of nurturing self reliant children. History bears this out and the continuing trend of non-nuclear family units will aggravate the trend of society towards dysfunctional and dependent lifestyles. This trend includes increasing dependence upon government for sustenance and survival.
Lastly, we need to be brutally and factually honest about the differences between a dependent lifestyle and one that is self sustaining and fruitful. There may be discrimination in our society but it is not race based in my mind. It is whether or not the individual is a respectful, self reliant person or a parasite who condemns anyone who criticizes their lifestyles. To me, if you choose to be a cis-gendered soy drinking basement dwelling man/woman-child you deserve to be criticized by those who have worked hard to be self reliant without government subsidies. To claim it is discrimination to be criticized is demanding that your failure be rewarded with acceptance even though you have accomplished nothing other than being an outlier in society and a dependent to boot.
I have never condemned anyone who was self reliant. I may disagree with value choices and thoughts and beliefs but it is an individual right to make these choices as long as I do not have to subsidize them. Once I am supposed to support and pay for your lifestyle, I then get the right to criticize it if I choose to. You have to remember, I do not control you nor do I actively interfere with your lifestyle until you shove it in my face and interfere with mine.
As to the Antifa unrest and the Hollywood types bailing them out of jail, that is a sad testament to the folly of a star making system that does not respect working ethics of all people. Just because someone can act like they are smart and hard working does not mean they are the equal of the actual person who is the ‘model’ for the role being played. Real life is hard and real people work hard and are not paid millions to act like they do. These Hollyweird types who support these parasites are the worst kinds of discriminators because they are actively perpetuating the dependency of the very people they claim they are helping.
Our societal role models need to reflect real working Americans and not people who reflect criminal or immoral behaviors. Rappers and poly amorous Hollywood types need not apply.
Glenda T. Goode 