You all suck equally

Because the truth, despite what coffee signs written in chalk may tell you, is that this is merely the most modern incarnation of anti-intellectualism.

Hipsters, SJW, bland rednecks, and establishment politicians all have one very important thing in common ... they prefer to think of the American public as much dumber than they really are. And back before all these very confident, very wise fools had facebook and twitter to connect with others that agree with them on how very dumb "everyone else" is ... well, they were mostly overlooked by most of our moderate mainstream society, relegated to the worlds of Maury Povich, Jerry Springer, and American Idol.

Now, most of moderate America has matured since high school and no longer feels the need to "prove" their intelligence, or their strength, or their loyalty, because they are doing that on a daily basis, and trading it for money every day. But the theft and the destruction of the middle class, which has led to our economy being stretched to its absolute limits by the wealthiest interests in this nation, has caused a social response in the form of cultural fundamentalism and ideological extremism.

Most people know that life is a miracle without needing to yell about it. Most people know that killing is wrong, unless it saves lives. Most people know that money doesn't actually make the world go around, but love and investment in your fellow man does. Most people know these things without having to remind themselves of them every single day, and have allowed their lives to move on to frying bigger fish than the obvious nonsense that is swimming silently beneath most hot button political issues.

Most of this shit is meant to just keep the lower classes fighting amongst themselves over relatively petty issues while they are raped of their natural resources. And in America, these resources are mostly the time and energy of our workforce, which is why you have Trump talking about building a wall, and bringing back our shitty jobs from China and Mexico, and you have Bernie talking about free college education. They have both found traction with the impoverished citizens, except one plan is to invest in their future through empowerment (ie, knowledge is power, and education is always power distribution), while the other is merely paying to lip service to his base, promising to give them back everything that they feel has been 'taken' from them, while feeding their fears and supporting their anger. It bolsters the appearance of him 'looking out for the little guy' quite literally AS HE FUCKS THEM. All because he makes it sound so nice and simple while he does it.

Blah, sorry for the novel ... I just found this soapbox and stood on it for a bit. Its someone else's turn.

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