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Powerful Message! If you are fearful that the new generation of voters don�t get it, read this article written by Alyssa Ahlgren. I think her analysis of why they think the way they do is exactly cor... View MorePowerful Message! If you are fearful that the new generation of voters don�t get it, read this article written by Alyssa Ahlgren. I think her analysis of why they think the way they do is exactly correct. �I�m sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of Democratic candidates calling for policies to �fix� the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around. I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook�s, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we�ve become completely blind to it. Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose. These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don�t give them a second thought. We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty. One. Times. Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful. Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of socialist policies among my generation continues to grow. Democratic Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, �An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America, came of age and never saw American prosperity.� Never saw American prosperity. Let that sink in. When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I�ve ever heard in my 26 years on this earth. Now, I�m not attributing Miss Ocasio-Cortez�s words to outright dishonesty. I do think she whole-heartedly believes the words she said to be true. Many young people agree with her, which is entirely misguided. My generation is being indoctrinated by a mainstream narrative to actually believe we have never seen prosperity. I know this first hand, I went to college, let�s just say I didn�t have the popular opinion, but I digress. Let me lay down some universal truths really quick. The United States of America has lifted more people out of abject poverty, spread more freedom and democracy, and has created more innovation in technology and medicine than any other nation in human history. Not only that but our citizenry continually breaks world records with charitable donations, the rags to riches story is not only possible in America but not uncommon, we have the strongest purchasing power on earth, and we encompass 25% of the world�s GDP. The list goes on. However, these universal truths don�t matter. We are told that income inequality is an existential crisis (even though this is not an indicator of prosperity, some of the poorest countries in the world have low-income inequality), we are told that we are oppressed by capitalism (even though it�s brought about more freedom and wealth to the most people than any other system in world history), we are told that the only way we will acquire the benefits of true prosperity is through socialism and centralization of federal power (even though history has proven time and again this only brings tyranny and suffering). Why then, with all of the overwhelming evidence around us, evidence that I can even see sitting at a coffee shop, do we not view this as prosperity? We have people who are dying to get into our country. People around the world destitute and truly impoverished. Yet, we have a young generation convinced they�ve never seen prosperity, and as a result, elect politicians dead set on taking steps towards abolishing capitalism. Why? The answer is this, my generation has ONLY seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn�t live in the great depression, or live through two world wars, or see the rise and fall of socialism and communism. We don�t know what it�s like not to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don�t have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it�s spreading like a plague. With the current political climate giving rise to the misguided idea of a socialist utopia, will we see the light? Or will we have to lose it all to realize that what we have now is true prosperity? Destroying the free market will undo what millions of people have died to achieve. My generation is becoming the largest voting bloc in the country. We have an opportunity to continue to propel us forward with the gifts capitalism and democracy has given us. The other option is that we can fall into the trap of entitlement and relapse into restrictive socialist destitution. The choice doesn�t seem too hard, does it?� Amen and Amen Alyssa Ahlgren

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December 5, 2020 12:24 am

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December 4, 2020 11:39 pm

I tolerated 44 (Obama) for 8 years and kept quiet. Here is my issue with the whole, �let us all be a United States again� that we heard from Joe Biden. For the last 4+ years, the Democrats have gone s... View MoreI tolerated 44 (Obama) for 8 years and kept quiet. Here is my issue with the whole, �let us all be a United States again� that we heard from Joe Biden. For the last 4+ years, the Democrats have gone scorched earth. You have salted the fields and now you want to grow crops. The problem is 72+ million of us have memories longer than a hamster. We remember the women�s march (vagina hats and all) the day after inauguration. We remember the 4 years of attacks and impeachments We remember �not our president� and the �Resistance�� We remember Maxie Walters telling followers to harass us in restaurants. We remember the Presidents spokesperson being kicked out a restaurant. We remember hundreds of Trump supporters physically attacked. We remember Trump supporters getting Doxed, and fired from jobs. We remember riots, and looting We remember �a comedian� holding up the President�s severed head We remember a play in Central park paid with public funding, showing the killing of President Trump We remember Robert de Niro yelling �F" Trump� at the Tony�s and getting a standing ovation. We remember Nancy Pelosi tearing up the State of the Union Address. We remember the total in the tank move on the mainstream media We remember the non-stop and live fact checking on our President and his supporters. We remember non-stop in your face lies and open cover-ups from the media. We remember the President and his staff being spied on. We remember five Senators shot on a ballfield. We remember every so-called comedy show turn into nothing but Trump hate fest. We remember 95% negative coverage in the news. We remember the state governors asking and getting everything they ask for and then blaming Trump for their problems. We remember a Trump top aid verbally assaulted in two DC restaurants. We remember people banging on the Supreme Court doors. We remember that we were called every name in the book for supporting President Trump. We remember that Hollywood said they would leave after Trump was elected but they stayed. This list is endless, but you get the idea. My friends will be my friends, but a party that has been on the attack for 4 long years does not get a free pass with me!

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