It's fascinating, and horrible, how often people will use allegations of oppression that have no support in history, to justify violence inflicted on innocent individuals. I saw some clips this weekend of reactions to the newly-released song, "Try that In A Small Town" that uses words and the images in the music video to criticize the violence that has swept the US since spring 2020. On the awful daytime TV show The View, the panel made claims the song was racist, and the videos of crimes shown in the music video were people engaged in uprising because their needs have been ignored.
Consider the trillions of dollars spent on federal anti-poverty programs, urban renewal, financial support to women with children, since the War on Poverty began in the late 1969s. The percent of the American population counted as living in poverty today is roughly the same as it was in the late 1960s - yet today, people receiving government aid own televisions, smart phones, microwave ovens in their kitchens (in addition to a range), and cars. I saw a video from the last Walmart to close in Chicago, after a mob had rampaged through, stealing merchandise and breaking fixtures. While most of the store was demolished, one section was untouched -- the fresh produce part of the grocery section.
Trans activists in the UK, Australia, NZ & the US have all the legal rights of any citizen, and get things other citizens can't get, such as insurance or government paying for elective surgery on healthy organs, or medications which physically healthy people are taking for cosmetic effects (e.g., beard growth or change in body fat distribution), choosing not just to participate in sports, but choosing which sex's team to play on, which restrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms they'll use. Even with government, institutional (e.g,. universities, employers, sports leagues) full support, these snowflakes claim to be oppressed, and swimmer Lia Thomas posted a photo on Twitter wearing a shirt reading: Antifa Super Soldier (alluding to violence which, in the US in 2020 alone, killed 37 (citizens https://national-conservative.com/extremist-files/2020-blm-antifa-deaths/).
I've come to believe that anyone who claims that violence is necessary to achieve the goals of their political cause are in actuality thirsty for violence, and only seek justification in retrospect.
Doesn't surprise me that these smash and grab hooligans are not getting their veggies. Democrats still tout the Great Society, but there's a lot of evidence that it was a disaster, and, as you point out, did not achieve it's goal of reducing poverty.
It's fascinating, and horrible, how often people will use allegations of oppression that have no support in history, to justify violence inflicted on innocent individuals. I saw some clips this weekend of reactions to the newly-released song, "Try that In A Small Town" that uses words and the images in the music video to criticize the violence that has swept the US since spring 2020. On the awful daytime TV show The View, the panel made claims the song was racist, and the videos of crimes shown in the music video were people engaged in uprising because their needs have been ignored.
Consider the trillions of dollars spent on federal anti-poverty programs, urban renewal, financial support to women with children, since the War on Poverty began in the late 1969s. The percent of the American population counted as living in poverty today is roughly the same as it was in the late 1960s - yet today, people receiving government aid own televisions, smart phones, microwave ovens in their kitchens (in addition to a range), and cars. I saw a video from the last Walmart to close in Chicago, after a mob had rampaged through, stealing merchandise and breaking fixtures. While most of the store was demolished, one section was untouched -- the fresh produce part of the grocery section.
Trans activists in the UK, Australia, NZ & the US have all the legal rights of any citizen, and get things other citizens can't get, such as insurance or government paying for elective surgery on healthy organs, or medications which physically healthy people are taking for cosmetic effects (e.g., beard growth or change in body fat distribution), choosing not just to participate in sports, but choosing which sex's team to play on, which restrooms, locker rooms and changing rooms they'll use. Even with government, institutional (e.g,. universities, employers, sports leagues) full support, these snowflakes claim to be oppressed, and swimmer Lia Thomas posted a photo on Twitter wearing a shirt reading: Antifa Super Soldier (alluding to violence which, in the US in 2020 alone, killed 37 (citizens https://national-conservative.com/extremist-files/2020-blm-antifa-deaths/).
I've come to believe that anyone who claims that violence is necessary to achieve the goals of their political cause are in actuality thirsty for violence, and only seek justification in retrospect.
Doesn't surprise me that these smash and grab hooligans are not getting their veggies. Democrats still tout the Great Society, but there's a lot of evidence that it was a disaster, and, as you point out, did not achieve it's goal of reducing poverty.