1.The bête noire of the Left…the ‘rich’….
Actually, the ‘curse’ they use is a left-over from the aristocracy characterized by the Marie Antoinette quote "Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", supposedly spoken by "a great princess" upon learning that the peasants had no bread. Since brioche was a luxury bread enriched with butter and eggs, the quotation would reflect the princess's disregard for the peasants, or her poor understanding of their situation.” Let them eat cake - Wikipedia
Therein lies the power that the Left wields by controlling the language. The use it not just to point out the imaginary ‘rich,’ but also for the imaginary ‘poor.’
There is no poverty in America like that pictured in Dickens, no home, no heat, no food, but that’s what the Democrats want one to imagine when they embezzle taxpayer funds to ‘fight poverty,’ meaning ‘buy votes.’
And that Marie Antoinette slander of the rich?
Once, the rich rode in carriages, the rest of the people walked. Today both ride in cars, whether or not they are all the same model.
“Nobody, not even Bill Gates, lives like Marie Antoinette. And nobody in the US lives like her peasants. “ Cochrane's Questions About Inequality - Econlib
2. Today’s poor are the richest poor in history, and the real meaning of poverty, no home, no heat, no food, doesn’t exist as any more than a rounding error.
Thanks to control of government schools, many are manipulated to believe the hype. Bet most don’t even know that Republicans freed the slaves and gave women the vote. And Democrat tax policy is the greatest bar to economic success.
3. Based on life choices, and personal responsibility everyone in America has the opportunity to improve their lot.
"...economic mobility. About 60 percent of the households that were in the lowest income quintile in 1999 were in a higher quintile ten years later. During the same decade, almost 40 percent of the richest households fell to a lower quintile. This is a nation where you can rise or fall. It is a nation where you can climb the economic ladder based not on who you are born to, or what class you are born into, but based on your talents, your passion, your perseverance, and the content of your character." https://imprimisarchives.hillsdale.edu/file/archives/pdf/2013_05_Imprimis.pdf
But the Democrats, the Liberals, Progressives have found a way to weaponize language for their own power....
Tell the less well-brought up that there are rich people living off their sweat....."...they'll put y'all back in chains..."
....with the sort of empty promise to steal from those 'darned rich folks, and, voila!....elected office.
Actually, the ‘curse’ they use is a left-over from the aristocracy characterized by the Marie Antoinette quote "Let them eat cake" is the traditional translation of the French phrase "Qu'ils mangent de la brioche", supposedly spoken by "a great princess" upon learning that the peasants had no bread. Since brioche was a luxury bread enriched with butter and eggs, the quotation would reflect the princess's disregard for the peasants, or her poor understanding of their situation.” Let them eat cake - Wikipedia
Therein lies the power that the Left wields by controlling the language. The use it not just to point out the imaginary ‘rich,’ but also for the imaginary ‘poor.’
There is no poverty in America like that pictured in Dickens, no home, no heat, no food, but that’s what the Democrats want one to imagine when they embezzle taxpayer funds to ‘fight poverty,’ meaning ‘buy votes.’
And that Marie Antoinette slander of the rich?
Once, the rich rode in carriages, the rest of the people walked. Today both ride in cars, whether or not they are all the same model.
“Nobody, not even Bill Gates, lives like Marie Antoinette. And nobody in the US lives like her peasants. “ Cochrane's Questions About Inequality - Econlib
2. Today’s poor are the richest poor in history, and the real meaning of poverty, no home, no heat, no food, doesn’t exist as any more than a rounding error.
Thanks to control of government schools, many are manipulated to believe the hype. Bet most don’t even know that Republicans freed the slaves and gave women the vote. And Democrat tax policy is the greatest bar to economic success.
3. Based on life choices, and personal responsibility everyone in America has the opportunity to improve their lot.
"...economic mobility. About 60 percent of the households that were in the lowest income quintile in 1999 were in a higher quintile ten years later. During the same decade, almost 40 percent of the richest households fell to a lower quintile. This is a nation where you can rise or fall. It is a nation where you can climb the economic ladder based not on who you are born to, or what class you are born into, but based on your talents, your passion, your perseverance, and the content of your character." https://imprimisarchives.hillsdale.edu/file/archives/pdf/2013_05_Imprimis.pdf
But the Democrats, the Liberals, Progressives have found a way to weaponize language for their own power....
Tell the less well-brought up that there are rich people living off their sweat....."...they'll put y'all back in chains..."
....with the sort of empty promise to steal from those 'darned rich folks, and, voila!....elected office.
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