It not that guys like Rush Limbaugh are racist. I'm sure he has a black golfing buddy somewhere. The hate he and many others spew in different media outlets is not race, ethnic or gender based. In my opinion, it is based on fear. They fear the change that is happening. The growth and opportunity of other races. The realization of wealth accumulation by people outside the circle. The evolution of the country and the world frightens them. It is based on a term I like to call "Generational Entitlement!" Their fathers, and the fathers before them, ran this country and controlled all of the decisions made to form what we call America. We all know that the country was taken by force in the first place, and blossomed through the labor of slaves. Even the global power we know as "Wall Street" made its first true profits with the sale of slaves.
What has set in over these centuries in the minds of those that rule is a sense of entitlement. The land that was so well cultivated by slaves, and now mostly owned by whites, is passed down generationally with a sense that it was based on their ancestors hard work. Businesses that were started with child and slave labor decades ago, are held with the pride of the evilness of their forefathers. The mindset of the conservative agenda is wholly based in keeping things as they have been; with whites controlling everything.
Just as we have developed a slave mentality in many of our affairs, whites, especially those who lead, have a slave owners mentality. Generational entitlement has set in, and the belief that money, power, ownership, and control is due them, energizes the fear that change is coming. A "Black Man" in power wasn't suppose to happen. Opportunity for other races? That wasn't on the agenda. Hispanics, Blacks, & Asians moving into our neighborhoods? How did they get here? A music artist owning his own masters? How am I suppose to make money off of him?
Power is shifting hands, but they will not go down without a fight! We all know who owns major corporations, banks, land, oil & gas leases. These companies made money from buying and selling our debt, and coercing us into borrowing more, but when the bottom fell out, they felt entitled to be bailed out. Meanwhile, the individuals that have put their blood, sweat, & tears into building these companies up, are still left to swim without a lifeguard. But trust me, power is shifting hands. You can tell because their hate is getting much more aggressive. they are willing to say things that would have been considered politically incorrect a few years ago. They publicly question things that went unnoticed a short time ago. Rush Limbaugh is a spokesmen for these entitlists. We are viewed as the enemy, because we threaten their power reign. Our progress is their loss. Our prosperity is their detriment. It is a zero sum game, and our victory will be their defeat.
In our minds, we are not at war. The perfect world would allow us to live in harmony, and prosper together. We would like nothing more than to be respected and treated as equals. We don't want handouts, just opportunity. Can it be that it was all so simple? We must remember that our country's founders could not live in harmony with the Indians. Whites refused to live in harmony with blacks. Now the rich and powerful are making their case that they cannot coexist with the rest of us. Their riches are well earned; our struggles are well deserved.
So please understand that what drives the hate, intolerance, and lack of understanding, is that we are finding a way to get what has for so many centuries been theirs: A piece of the pie!!!!!
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