Sharing is Caring. Capitalism Doesn’t Care.

When I was young, I was hit with a heavy dose of lessons which included sharing and kindness. That’s what kid’s books teach. They still do.

Here’s the problem. We don’t take these lessons into adulthood. In increasing fashion, we are more and more libertarian.

Congratulations America.

When I was a kid, the Baby Boomers hadn’t had their say yet. They were still young and still believed in community. Without sounding like I’m taking a knock at my parents directly, the entirety of the Baby Boomer generation moved the country to the Right. They welcomed Reagan’s philosophies- even if reluctantly.

Here is the primary tenet of Reaganomics: Separate as much money from the population as you can.

That is the primary tenet of Capitalism.

That is the primary ideology of Libertarians. Well, that and, don’t tell me what to do!

We moved so far Right that people thought Clinton was Left.

Socialism gets a bad name. Basically it’s sharing for the better of the community. Wait, here’s a definition

/ˈsōSHəˌlizəm/nounnoun: socialism

1. a political and economic theory of social organization which advocates that the means of production, distribution, and exchange should be owned or regulated by the community as a whole.

Does that help?

It’s simple.

We are all responsible for creating a better community. We should be all willing to invest into the youth’s future by providing world class education to everybody regardless of class.

And that is the primary disconnect today. Class. Yes, there is racism in the world, but the challenge is getting people to care about class.

Here is a sports metaphor for you: You are only as good as the worst player on your team.

Why wouldn’t the United States try to raise the lower class so they are more powerful as a nation? Instead they resort to holding the middle and lower classes down so that the wealthy can have more.

Reminder that the most powerful political family in the US are the Koch Brothers. One of whom ran as a Libertarian Party candidate in 1980 and lost only to take the entire Republican Party his direction with money as influence over the last nearly 40 years.

The Republican Party is bought, sold, and owned by a family who was determined too radical versus Ronald Reagan. Mix that in a caramel macchiato and gag.

Instead we spend our time debating whether or not the outlandish idea of somebody earning a living wage is okay. Or whether education is only a tool of the wealthy. Or whether or not it’s okay to raise the cost of your life saving medication because Pfizer simply “can”.

Donald Trump announced during his State of the Union speech that America will never be a Socialist country.

What if we simply want to get it back to what it once was?

You know, what if we just want to make America great again?

Because the influence of corporations upon our elections and politicians has made it nearly impossible to trust anybody anymore. Is anybody truly working in our best interests?

This entire nation is upset about Russian influence on our elections, but nobody gives a single fuck about corporate tampering. And that’s how far we have gone.

We are not interested in sharing anymore.

We are not interested in kindness.

All those lessons in children’s books stay right there. Between the pages shared as a bond between parents and their children. Truth is that it those words are all living in a fantasy like Santa Claus and the Easter Bunny. They don’t mean a thing because we all know that we are a nation of the haves and have nots.

Capitalism is the strategy of separating as much money from a person and their bank account as possible.

There is no kindness.

Nothing goes back to the people.

It’s rather perverse when you think about it. A nation of leeches. Sucking the life out of each other because we are not willing to share a thing for the common good.

Hey. We are within arms length of another housing market crash. But the wealthy will stand there with their hands out like bigots claiming socialism is a sin when they force tax payers to bail them out for the good of the people.

Watch it happen in front of your eyes.

A little economic responsibility and accepting that there’s a place for making decisions for the greater good and we could stop fearing for our welfare.

Personally I’m looking for work right now. I want to get paid as much as I can so I have a few bucks in the bank when it all crashes. Fiscal responsibility.

Steady as she goes.

Educate the masses and teach the children.

Keep everybody healthy.

Raise everybody to a point where they can still raise their kids properly.

We are not the nation we once were when people paid their fair share in order to create a better nation for everybody.

And I believe our children are bitter about the lies we sold them when they were young.

As they should be.

My dog took a baseball from the park today. Is he socialist or libertarian?