As a society and culture, we have and are continuing to move from a goal-oriented achievement ideal to a victimhood-is-strength mantra. When our country was suffering and recovering from the Great Depression and then fighting in WW2, strength, perseverance and integrity was emphasized and glorified in our culture. What would “It’s A Wonderful Life” be without these motivations?
Now, we have the LEFT assembling coalitions of victims and their willing tools in pop-culture and Hollywood emphasizing how good it is to be a victim. Conversely the same groups seek the inevitable feet-of-clay in all who achieve,
but concentrate on those of the opposing viewpoints so as to further their goals.
How this experiment will end up is up to us but continuing down this path will, in my opinion, be nothing but misery!
Excellent post, and that’s exactly what the problem is.
I have a couple friends who are down and out right now. And yet they are still conservatives. So they are not looking for free handouts or sympathy, they have faith that they will persevere and things will get better. And they are most likely to make that happen, over the perpetual victimhood of liberals who are looking for government to save them.
Very well said, SES! Good analysis.