I couldn't believe what I was hearing. I mean, yeah, I knew that she and my dad bought into that whole "white man's burden" thing when it came to race, but to hear someone in 2004 advocating for what amounts to the divine right of kings ... *helpless shrug*
Like most rich white Republicans, she doesn't see her own privilege, or understand how that privilege works. To her, the rich are rich simply because it is their nature to be so, and the poor are poor because of theirs. If a poor person really wanted to become rich, well, they would have done something to change their circumstances. That they can't is not the fault of a system that's designed to keep them down, but an obvious indication of their natural inferiority.
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Date: 2012-08-22 08:13 pm (UTC)Like most rich white Republicans, she doesn't see her own privilege, or understand how that privilege works. To her, the rich are rich simply because it is their nature to be so, and the poor are poor because of theirs. If a poor person really wanted to become rich, well, they would have done something to change their circumstances. That they can't is not the fault of a system that's designed to keep them down, but an obvious indication of their natural inferiority.