Change behavior...and lose Democrat votes? Are you serious?
Plus even when unemployed because the economy is depressed, you get up, get dressed and occupy yourself with something, even if it is just cleaning, raking, mowing, sewing, knitting.
The right is often accused of being in favor of “social darwinism” - of wanting to let the unfit die.
This entirely misses the point. Social darwinism isn’t about the survival or extinction of people, it’s about the survival or extinction of behaviors.
We want to stop subsidizing self-destructive behaviors, so that people will abandon them - because only that will improve their lot.
It’s so simple and accurate that it’s almost embarrassing that someone has to spell it out for you!
I don’t think the confiscation and redistribution is their primary motivation.
“Having someone really smart whom they support in charge of who gets what” is the basic foundation of sheeperal ideology.
IE, Humanism.
I agree, the actual cause of what our gov’t defines as “poverty” in America is almost entirely due to the “progressive” policies that had the stated intent of resolving that very issue.
To fight poverty, you’ve got to attack the behaviors that cause it.
Out-of-wedlock birth, hostility toward education, drug use, and criminal conduct.
Yep, “that’s racist!”
The left doesn’t want that. They encourage individuals to engage in anti-social behavior, and then they reward them, with money from people who work hard and actually accomplish things.
Excellent article.
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In a nutshell.
If you want to be poor, do what poor people do.
If you want to be rich, do what rich people do.