Ignorance and stupidity Not the same thing

I was reading on Facebook today that 'we are becoming a two class society in America.'  Well, all I can say is: "Duh"  Anyone with an ounce of brains could see this coming since the 1990's.  We were smart enough to know the signing of NAFTA was a disaster in the making, and here we are. Why would anyone in America even entertain the idea we could compete with countries where workers are paid thirty five cents per hour for all their hard work?  But then ,again, Americans have an insatiable appetite for cheap shit, so they love Walmart while getting cheap shit that lasts maybe five minutes.  

Here is where ignorance and stupidity are not the same at all.  Ignorance has a  remedy, where stupidity is when people choose to remain stupid, if our government keeps us stupid, they have won when it comes to control. Why do people want to be neo-Nazis? Why do they want to blame the poor, the immigrants or any other group but not the rich? Well it basically starts with ignorant people who refuse to become enlightened.  We can all see that money does not make anyone smarter.  Look at Donald Trump, stupid as hell while ignorant, and stupid people continue to look up to him.  Only because those people choose to remain ignorant until, then they just become stupid. 

Even our parents, and grandparents, who grew up during the Depression possessed common sense.  Common sense is when you look around, see things as they are and you also figure out how to do things because you can see the end results before they happen. Our parents and grandparents also knew enough to form unions.  Why?  Because they knew rich corporations would leave their workers to die in poverty, eventually.  For heaven's sake, the rich corporations were killing America's children.  By placing small kids in dangerous situations, for the sake of slave labor to save five cents.  Wake up, America.  Slave labor has Always been the preference of corporate America right from the founding of this country.  Make no mistake about it!  We can laud the founding fathers all we want.  Truth be known, America was put together by a bunch of rich landowners and has been run by them ever since.  

Why did the Boomers protest the Vietnam War?  Well because we did educate ourselves as to what was going on in the world.  We did understand that what was happening in the world did pertain to us too.  We didn't just protest that form of slavery (here it was again) they liked to call the draft.  We protested being a generation of nothing more than cannon fodder to the government.  People now like to mock education.  Why? Because the government wants us to be ignorant.  They do not want anyone to be as enlightened as the Boomers were.  Why are there no Dan Rathers among news people anymore?  Well the government loves to keep us in the dark.  Showing us how they kill innocent civilians, especially children in the Middle East?  Hell no, censor the news now.  Then when truth comes out, they call it 'fake news' Especially if they are not portrayed in a favorable light. 

Ignorance and apathy helped usher This conman into play. 

So, America, stop dissing education and enlightenment.  Stop allowing ignorant people to intimidate you.  Stand up, be heard, stop hoping those rich people will take pity on you.  Demand change, demand your rights.  Stop thinking they have your best interests at heart. 

Stop thinking the rich and greedy own your equal rights.  Why in hell do you think no one else in society deserves safe neighborhoods, affordable housing, enough food and health care?  Get over it!  They DO deserve as much as YOU do. 

The rich do Not OWN your rights as a human being or as a citizen.  Wise up!

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When will America wake up?

What in hell happened to America is beyond me.  We failed, as parents, to teach our kids any Real sense of value and thrift?  We failed, as Americans, to keep the wolves of Wall Street out of politics so now we are all raped of our decency and a just plain decent living?  We failed to keep unions in tact because we were stupid enough to believe employers would do 'the right thing'?  Probably all of the above.

So when is a damned vehicle worth $30,000, $40,000, $50,000 and way on up the line?  Please!  Cars that are nothing more than Tupperware on wheels.  Why do cars need all those computer gadgets?  Well, because a new generation of technology enthusiasts who really are suckers enough to believe technology, big brother watching and controlling us everywhere, is a good thing?  Gadgets are needed, by car manufacturers, so they can charge you to hook up to a machine, to replace sensors at the tune of $400 or more and to sucker you into believing you need a light car to go 120 miles per hour, or more, on city streets. We all are trying out for the Indy 500?  No, we are trying to just kill people on roads and streets because we have a sense of 'entitlement' not ever seen in the history of America.  Welcome to the 21st century. 

When is a house, sufficient to raise a small family in, worth $300,000, $500,000 or more?  Especially when most Americans don't make near that much in a crummy job in America?  America, I'd like to slap you all upside your head and say: "Snap out of it."  

Do you all think you are 'Temporarily embarrassed millionaires'?  What you are, is delusional. 

Do you have any idea of how sick and tired I am of logging into Facebook and having some Schmuck comment on something I've said because he/she doesn't agree?  Oh, not any intelligent comments either.  Comments they share because, like many Americans, they think their selfish asses are the only important ones?  They make me sick to my stomach.  My gag reflex kicks in.  Didn't 'Mama' do her job and teach you any empathy at all?  This is the new age, what new age?  The one where you all not only have no empathy, you can't even define the word's meaning. An age where America allows Washington, D.C. to open the flood gates and elect millionaires who don't care if you or I have a pot to piss in.   A new age where Facebook people say: 'Support our troops', acting like some armchair generals do in the military.  Easy to say from your easy chair.  For God's sake, don't get off your collective asses and break a damned sweat.  

Why are gas prices on the rise again?  Well, because you and I get to pay for billionaire oil companies oil spills.  We get to pay for their screw ups.  Do you see any alternative energy sources being utilized in big droves in America?  Hell, no, because you all, again, post on social media instead of getting off your asses now or ever.  Reality bytes, don't it?  

Hell people can't even gather in person, meeting their friends, or finding dates.  No, no, they have to use, again, technology to text friends or find dates, then get robbed or worse when they do meet up.  Lazy shits!

What kind of America adores a Presidential candidate who has proven himself over and over again to be a snake oil salesman and a crook of the highest order?  A kind of America I'm ashamed of.  A kind of America where real men barely exist.  No wonder you can't find any keepers in our society. Men who talk and treat women like shit, like we are their damned slaves.  Grow a set, guys! 

Take a good look around you.  A society where instead of knowing your neighbor, you'd rather shoot them instead.

To sum it up, America, you are quickly becoming a big disgrace and a laughing stock to the entire World. No wonder they all hate us or shake their heads is disgust.  Me too!