“They’re lazy; we are working hard. They’re not making money; we are making money.”
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That is a cutting statement.
In this country, all you ever have to do is work hard, and you will rise, even prosper. You don’t have to catch lightening in a bottle.
But I have to question how much of it is by design.
To let the edge cut yet deeper, I would suggest that the word “lazy” is imprecise, and ironic. Ironic because just calling it lazy is in itself lazy. When large segments of your demographic have a victim mindset, and the powers that be, both political and cultural, are telling you that you should feel alienated, you resent the system. Appearing ‘lazy’ is a symptom. It’s not the cause. The disease is not just institutional lack of hope, but being indoctrinated into a dismal and angry box.
A lot of hispanics work very very hard. Both the legal citizens and the aliens. First generation particularly, would put almost all other American’s to shame with how much work they put out. They are also very family oriented. Supporting and lifting each other up. In general, not a victim mindset at all.
But it’s not about physical work. Like Korean shop owners, it’s about commitment and tenacity. Something you cannot keep up long term if you hold the belief (whether given or sought) that the system is against you.
Who is behind it?
Democrats and Quisling Republicans. Ultimately the source of the madness is the idea you have to justify your existence by serving your fellow man. Liberty is essentially selfish but it was what made America great. The selfless or leftist side faced a long uphill battle tearing America down but they are only a Filabuster vote away from total victory now.