Thermidor is when a revolutionary state starts to swing back towards the conditions of the pre-revolutionary system that it replaced. The subject matter of this blog deals with this phenomenon, but the topics also range from philosophy and rhetoric to entertainment and arts. In general it is a blog of my thoughts and experiences.
Tuesday, March 9, 2010
Oh How I Hate You Leftist Bastards
Just to clear up what my intended audience is, I have to point out that I am a leftist bastard myself. I am not endorsing any kind of "tea party" here at all ( in fact I hate those rubes just as much.) But really I am getting sick of these phony socialist views that come spewing out of the mouths of millennial egotists who want the newest free speech cafe to be named after them. Their sense of entitlement is bewildering considering that they are fighting materialistic values. I mean its fine to be critical of the bougoise as long as you aknowledge that your part in it all. There is an elite attitude too in their reluctance to admit any failings of their own and to instead blame indescrepancies on outside agitators. The new young leftists of Berkeley who seriously think that this nation will somehow dump capitalism for communism are as ignorant and irritating as the "rabble" who make up the tea party; a group that has no real political message, but none the less feel the need to impede any progress that might be made in congress. Both groups do have legitimate gripes with the government. The raising of tuition at Berkeley is fucked and in general our government has had a poor track record as of late. But this knee jerk reaction shit is not only counter productive but actually divisive. And both parties (much like the Christian missionaries of yore) want to force a lifestyle on people who don't want it. Now as for the demands the left is making, lets say the state of California gives in and cancels the budget cuts to higher education. Then they will have to take the money from other employees of the state. Its in our goddamn constitution that the state budget must be balanced, and our fucked up property tax laws all but guarantee that cannot happen without cutting government jobs and programs each year. I have heard of some academics who are working on this problem and this is what I think we really need. But more often I just hear "capitalism sucks." Weather it sucks or not this argument ain't making things any better. In fact it is because I expect more from the left that I am so angered by the bullshit propaganda that is going around. I challenge any of the leaders of this new quasi revolution to a debate on the subject. I am ready to be proven wrong, are you?
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