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RE: The White Male Wins - Again

in #politics6 years ago

I read your article with interest, for, to me, it is obvious you are biased, and I found it interesting to note how a biased analysis can be made to sound logical. Still, I prefer this to those who just demand that only their feelings matter, not facts.

What I do want to comment on is: you talk about you being privileged because of being born who you are. I disagree. You have the advantages you have because you had ancestors who worked hard, stuck to rules and created a wonderful country (btw, I am not an American, I am Greek and most Greeks do not favour Americans, so I am speaking opposite to what should have been my bias). However, the fact is, you have the life you have because your parents and their parents probably, cared enough for the future of their descendants to create and to plan so that they have a decent future.

Anyway, as with the example of Venezuela, if the anti Trump communists win, you and your descendants, definitely will not be one of the so-called privileged, as I doubt you qualify as one of those who are meant to rule over us serfs.

Luckily I will not be one of those serfs - I am one of the many elderly who see we have been conned and betrayed and are glad we will not be around to see the future we had dreamt of for all, crash and shatter all dreams of Mankind growing to approach their potential.

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for, to me, it is obvious you are biased, and I found it interesting to note how a biased analysis can be made to sound logical

First of all: I never claimed to be non-biased ;)
Being biased does not exclude logical reasoning. For example: I can be biased regarding the theory of evolution - thinking of it as a very important aspect of modern biology - this does make me biased, but the facts are still true nevertheless.


However, the fact is, you have the life you have because your parents and their parents probably, cared enough for the future of their descendants to create and to plan so that they have a decent future.

This is basically the same what I already said - just in different words. Of course my ancestors were responsible for me being here and providing me with the opportunity to live the life I have. This still doesn't change the fact, that I got lucky to be born into exactly these kinds of fortunate circumstances.


if the anti Trump communists win, you and your descendants, definitely will not be one of the so-called privileged

Probably not, but that's only one of many reasons why I'm not a communist. Quite the contrary.


to see the future we had dreamt of for all, crash and shatter all dreams of Mankind growing to approach their potential.

I somehow doubt this is going to happen. If we take a closer look at the available statistics regarding the current state of humanity we are actually approaching better lives for most human beings alive - even if it might feel differently sometimes.

I'm trying to understand why for you "anti Trump" = communism. There might be a lot of reasons why someone would prefer another person as president of the US and that there are a lot of political views.
If you're Greek you have experience with a more socialist government, that's true. But socialists aren't communists. Merely 50 years ago Greece felt what happens when there's no separation of powers. So yes - everyone should be accountable for what they have done or not done. The higher your responsibilities are, the more power you get handed, the whiter your vest should be.

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