#62 Knowing what’s best for poor people
February 10, 2008 by clander
White people spend a lot of time of worrying about poor people. It takes up a pretty significant portion of their day.
They feel guilty and sad that poor people shop at Wal*Mart instead of Whole Foods, that they vote Republican instead of Democratic, that they go to Community College/get a job instead of studying art at a University.
It is a poorly guarded secret that, deep down, white people believe if given money and education that all poor people would be EXACTLY like them. In fact, the only reason that poor people make the choices they do is because they have not been given the means to make the right choices and care about the right things.
A great way to make white people feel good is to tell them about situations where poor people changed how they were doing things because they were given the ‘whiter’ option. “Back in my old town, people used to shop at Wal*Mart and then this non-profit organization came in and set up a special farmers co-op so that we could buy more local produce, and within two weeks the Wal*Mart shut down and we elected our first Democratic representative in 40 years.” White people will first ask which non-profit and are they hiring? After that, they will be filled with euphoria and will invite you to more parties to tell this story to their friends, so that they can feel great.
But it is ESSENTIAL that you reassert that poor people do not make decisions based on free will. That news could crush white people and their hope for the future.
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If poor people knew what was best for them, then they wouldn’t be poor.
And not all weathly people are “white.” Haven’t you noticed the influx of Asian, Indian, and African American folks living in wealthy communities, driving nice cars, and working in highly reputable positions in their wealthy communities?
I didn’t think so.
It’s one thing to be against abortion for oneself, and another to try to legislate other people’s lives. A good government would never force abortion (as happened in China during the 1980s) or outlaw it (as happened in Romania, also during the 1980s).
I think too many people are careless about unplanned pregnancy. Whether via abstinence when I was younger or practicing the fine art of reliable birth control when I was older, I always did what I could to ensure that I would not need an abortion. I support Roe v. Wade, but definitely wouldn’t want to have an abortion. Because I also definitely never wanted a baby, I eventually had a tubal ligation.
Not all people who support abortion rights terminate unplanned pregnancies. Similarly, people who are generally opposed to abortions sometimes have them. In my life, I have known both.
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I score this a 4 out of 5 for accuracy AND entertainment value. Well said.
Those of you who don’t agree, you’re just annoyed that you are THAT transparent.
you said free will, hahahahahahaha, that is the whitest thing i have heard all day
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thats why your poor.
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