

Never underestimate people’s ability to ignore inconvenient information.


Never underestimate people’s ability to ignore inconvenient information.


Remember, it’s always been predicated on the idea that success proves worth regardless of circumstances, especially for American conservatives. It’s a myth built to serve those with power and privilege, a shield that protects their ego and image, and a gag for any talk of social or economic equality.
Our founders paid lip service to egalitarianism and ridding ourselves of kings, then created a system that allowed for the rise of a new sort of royalty. Instead of titles and land, it’s wealth that creates power and is inherited by children.
Universities don’t just sell knowledge, they sell opportunity and status, and the bar has to be high enough to ensure that only people the powers that be find deserving can climb over it.
We already have answers for many of the things he’s trying to address, but they involve taxing the rich and using that money to support and educate the masses.
It’s almost like there’s an ultieror motive behind his desire to improve things for us dumb poor folks…