“Damn It Feels Good To Be A Victim”
Here’s a great video from Pajamas Media’s Alfonzo Rachel about the victimhood mentality (with apologies to the Geto Boys):
The point about blacks, or any minority for that matter, being accused of being race traitors or “Uncle Toms” because of their daring to wander away from the dogma of the liberal victim plantation is well made. We see that nonsense all the time, and the disservice the victim mentality is doing to minorities is obvious to any honest observer of places like inner city housing projects or Indian reservations.
But the victim mentality goes far beyond minorities these days. Liberals seek to turn us all into victims.
Take on a loan you can’t pay back? You’re a victim. Don’t want to pay your own way through college? You’re a victim. Can’t farm without subsidies? You’re a victim. Can’t afford your own health care? You’re a victim.
By turning us all into victims the proponents of big government create an excuse to come to our aid with programs that make us dependent on government. Which means that the goal is less about helping us than controlling us.
An independent, self-sufficient citizenry is the antithesis of big government. Because independent, self-sufficient citizens don’t need much in the way of government. The path to subjugation, the “road to serfdom” as Hayek put it, lays with first convincing us that we are helpless and then using that perceived helplessness to exploit us. Tags: Asshats, Domestic Issues, Politics



