A generational voter is one who votes for a particular political party simply because perhaps their mother and father voted for that party. Their parents may still vote for that party with no concept of what it actually represents.
Their knowledge of their chosen political party is limited to the irrelevant information and/or misinformation spoon-fed to them through the television. These people are stubborn and steadfastly refuse to acknowledge changes in their political party. Generational voters often make their voting decision based on what they feel is true regardless of information presented to them to the contrary. They are fans of traditional main-stream-media which is the only source of “news” information they ingest. Many simply don’t ever seek alternate sources and in some cases, they may not even know they exist. If they don’t see it on the evening news – they either don’t believe it or can’t comprehend it.
People are free to be stubborn but, if enough stubborn people are voting, a nation may suffer for their stubbornness.
You can be different and you must be for it is vital for a voting populace to be thoroughly informed and engaged when deciding who is elected to fulfill the role of the leader of a free republic. You can become wise to the truth of your political party or more importantly, to the character and ideological bent of the representatives of either or both political parties. There are good and just liberty-loving democrats as there are good and just liberty-loving republicans. There are greedy, power hungry democrats as there are greedy, power hungry republicans.
Americans – generational voters in particular have become complacent in their duty of protecting liberty. And as anyone who has ever worked knows well, tyranny is only a new director (or dictator) away. It is the same with national leadership. While you may not be able to choose your director at work, you do choose your national leadership – Nazi (National Socialist) Germany choose theirs.
Without wisdom one cannot detect errors in a current ideological worldview no matter how altruistic that worldview may seem. And wisdom cannot be gleaned through stubbornness. The ability to detect errors should enable the adjustment of ones perspective to be more aligned with reality and more importantly what contributes to liberty rather than detracts from it. But one cannot acknowledge these errors unless they have eyes open to factual information and historical precedence to identify them.
"Until they become conscious they will never rebel…” ~ George Orwell, 1984
I am not upper class elite nor am I even middle class bourgeois. I am a part of the common, low income, working class proletariat. The difference with me and those proletariat like me is that I do not covet my neighbors possessions, healthcare or wealth and this is not to imply that all others who are not like me do. The “social justice” seeking followers of the leftist community organizing agitators covet. I do not identify my happiness with wealth – they do. Most importantly I am continuously aware of the fact that it is my responsibility and nobody else’s to pursue my own happiness as I define it. It is also my responsibility to provide for myself and my family if I choose to have a family either by mistake or intent. Because ultimately, if you have “unplanned” children, you chose to have those children by choosing to have sex.
Even with its comparatively brief history of slavery (relative to the long and brutal history of slavery in Africa et. al.) and the oppression of blacks, America is known for providing an equal opportunity to succeed (which again depends on ones perception of success). Life, Liberty and the Pursuit of happiness, I think, is an agreeable definition of the opportunity to succeed suggested by the Declaration of Independence. If this were untrue, would America be host to so many immigrants?
Could it be reasonable agreed upon that as long as one has an equal opportunity to pursue happiness, however one may define it, and as long as it in accordance with law; one could be considered equal in our society?
“To place a people into a victim group then, pander for their support and their vote on a promise that they will provide them with that which they did not earn encourages those people to exist in a perpetual state of poverty and thereby provides an unending voting base of generational victims.”
While one child may be born to wealth and have access to “superior” schooling, it is up to that child to take advantage of that schooling. Many don’t take advantage of it and fail. Some are cut off from the family wealth and some are allowed to leach from that wealth. Those who hold that wealth are at liberty to make these decisions. It’s not up to you, me or the government.
Another child may be born to poverty and have access to poor schooling. It is up to that child to take advantage of that schooling however substandard it may be. Many take advantage of what they have and are extraordinarily successful. I know of several exceptional individuals in my extended family who have done or are currently doing just this. Others don’t take advantage of it and fail and they don’t have family wealth to fall back upon. This is not your fault, my fault nor the governments fault nor is the fault of their environment as far too many in the same environment succeed for this to be the case.
If a persons parents choose to get in trouble, choose to ignore education and choose to avoid work hard to succeed, the offspring may very well have to struggle to succeed but, they can indeed succeed. The bad choices of another persons parents are not your fault, my fault nor the governments fault nor is the fault of their environment as far too many in the same environment succeed for this to be the case. Only one successful person emerging from poverty is sufficient evidence to contradict the charge that those born to poverty are destined to remain in poverty.
The preceding examples are facts. Because of this, it can soundly be insisted upon that the vast majority of Americans begin with an equal opportunity to succeed. If they don’t succeed, it is not your fault, my fault nor the governments fault nor is the fault of their environment as far too many in the exact same environment succeed for this to be the case. Furthermore, I submit that those who insist that people born to poverty are destined to remain in poverty do so to further their own power-seeking political ambitions. To place a people into a victim group then, pander for their support and their vote on a promise that they will provide them with that which they did not earn encourages those people to exist in a perpetual state of poverty and thereby provides an unending voting base of generational victims.
"The American people must regain the ability to distinguish between wants and needs and must shed the ridiculous notion that government exists to provide either. Our Constitution -- drafted by men well acquainted with the abusive capacities of a centralized government -- limited the roles and responsibilities of the federal government in order to allow the principle of self-government to flourish in the new nation. Government exists to preserve and protect the sphere of civil freedom within which we can work to meet our needs and our wants. Government does not exist to provide them." ~ columnist Ken Connor
If you have ever been caught up in a government system you know that there is no compassion. There is no subjective opinion to consider your individual circumstances. There are only unbending rules and regulations. Welfare breeds dependence on this rigid system. Dependence on someone or something grants them power over the dependant.
Currently there is a war in the West. It is one of the oldest wars in all of history: the war between the haves and the have-nots. However, it is a war which is being orchestrated through a long march through the culture by would-be-dictator political elites. The intent of this war is not altruistic in the sense that it intends to provide for the have-nots. It is intended to divide We the People so as to be conquered and enslaved to those political elites.
"You cannot legislate the poor into freedom by legislating the wealthy out of freedom. What one person receives without working for, another person must work for without receiving. The government cannot give to anybody anything that the government does not first take from somebody else. When half of the people get the idea that they do not have to work because the other half is going to take care of them, and when the other half gets the idea that it does no good to work because somebody else is going to get what they work for, that my dear friend, is about the end of any nation. You cannot multiply wealth by dividing it." ~ Dr. Adrian Rogers
It is your duty as a voting American to protect our liberties against tyranny. To do otherwise would be to willingly fight against those of us struggling to protect them. It is your duty to use sound judgment to determine which policies detract from individual liberty and vote against them and those who propose them.
If you can not or do not do this through your informed vote – you, your sons and daughters may be forced to do it through bloodshed.
Last thoughts. What are three primary agendas of many current and past administrations in the Western world?
Expanding welfare – breeds dependence and therefore control
Instituting a federal government run healthcare system – breeds dependence and therefore control
Gun bans/restrictions – strips a populace of the ability to defend against tyrannical control
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