This article was written by a 26 yr old college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA. What a GREAT perspecitve..👍🏽
My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!
I'm sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis (Florida) trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of presidential candidates calling for policies to "fix" the so-called injustices of capitalism. I put my phone down and continue to look around.
I see people talking freely, working on their MacBook's, ordering food they get in an instant, seeing cars go by outside, and it dawned on me. We live in the most privileged time in the most prosperous nation and we've become completely blind to it.
Vehicles, food, technology, freedom to associate with whom we choose.These things are so ingrained in our American way of life we don't give them a second thought.
We are so well off here in the United States that our poverty line begins 31 times above the global average. Thirty One Times!!!
Virtually no one in the United States is considered poor by global standards. Yet, in a time where we can order a product off Amazon with one click and have it at our doorstep the next day, we are unappreciative, unsatisfied, and ungrateful. ??
Our unappreciation is evident as the popularity of socialist policies among my generation continues to grow. Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez recently said to Newsweek talking about the millennial generation, "An entire generation, which is now becoming one of the largest electorates in America, came of age and never saw American prosperity."
Never saw American prosperity! Let that sink in.
When I first read that statement, I thought to myself, that was quite literally the most entitled and factually illiterate thing I've ever heard in my 26 years on this earth. Many young people agree with her, which is entirely misguided.
My generation is being indoctrinated by a mainstream narrative to actually believe we have never seen prosperity. I know this first hand, I went to college, let's just say I didn't have the popular opinion, but I digress.
Why then, with all of the overwhelming evidence around us, evidence that I can even see sitting at a coffee shop, do we not view this as prosperity? We have people who are dying to get into our country.
People around the world destitute and truly impoverished. Yet, we have a young generation convinced they've never seen prosperity, and as a result, we elect some politicians who are dead set on taking steps towards abolishing capitalism.
Why? The answer is this,?? my generation has only seen prosperity. We have no contrast. We didn't live in the great depression, or live through two world wars, the Korean War, The Vietnam War or we didn't see the rise and fall of socialism and communism.
We don't know what it's like to live without the internet, without cars, without smartphones. We don't have a lack of prosperity problem. We have an entitlement problem, an ungratefulness problem, and it's spreading like a plague."
Greg Abbot only does things when he is pushed to and it gives him a win in the press.
The #1 issue with Texans is property tax.
This needs to be dealt with immediately, and he hasn’t done jack.
How can someone’s property go up nearly 50% in 5 years and you get taxed on unrealized gains?
Can you imagine what the founding fathers would say about that?
🚨ENDORSEMENT ALERT🚨
Today is day 127 that I’ve been asking Senate Majority Leader Thune to pass the SAVE America Act.
I said that if Leader Thune did NOT pass the SAVE America Act by the end of April, then I would get involved in Texas.
👉Today, I proudly endorse KEN PAXTON & ask every Texan to vote by May 26th👈
🚩 Cornyn voted for red flag laws
🚩 Cornyn pushed the COVID vaccine
🚩 Cornyn advocated for deportation *relief* for illegal aliens
🚩 Cornyn worked w/ democrats to offer a pathway to amnesty for DACA illegal aliens
🚩 Cornyn advocates for H-1B visas & even went so far as to say, “Welcome to the Indian Century” (before deleting that post)
This 24-year incumbent nearly came in second despite his allies (SLF & NRSC) spending a combined $100 million — which could have been better spent in other states.
👉Like Indiana, send a message to the United States Senate: Either pass the SAVE America Act or you will lose your seats👈
I ask for your vote for Attorney General Ken Paxton:
🚨Early Voting — May 18 - May 22
🚨Election Day — May 26
May 26th comes right after Memorial Day. It’s going to be a very low turnout & every vote counts.
All they had to do was pass the SAVE America Act.
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The DOJ has ONE WEEK left to charge Anthony Fauci for the worst cover-up in modern medical history.
He lied to Congress about funding gain-of-function research in Wuhan. Millions died. Trillions were spent. And Fauci walked away with book deals and fawning media coverage instead of handcuffs. I re-upped my criminal referral to the DOJ because the evidence is overwhelming, and justice has been delayed long enough.
RT if you’re ready to see Fauci behind bars.
@WesternLensman She needs a psychiatrist desperately. She is a powerful disrespected victim. She takes no responsibility for her problems.
Narcissistic?
Remember that time when HillaryClinton introduced her friend GeorgeSoros and his interest to get involved in US elections?
The Internet sure doesn't.
Why?
Because it has been wiped from existence for the most part. Turns out I found a copy of the file I had archived years ago.
Be a real shame if people save and shared this widely.
FOLLOW ME, THE NEXT DROP WILL BE SHOCKING.
🚨 WOW! JD Vance just said LOUD AND CLEAR that we are NO LONGER pretending that "America First" includes ANY other country
"[A Ukrainian-American] was sticking his finger in my face saying 'you need to support my country!'"
"I said, 'sir, with all due respect, if you're an American, your country is the United States of America—NOT a place that you immigrated from.'"
"Whether your family's been here for 300 years or one second, to be an American means to look out for Americans FIRST — and that's the perspective we have to take to our immigration policy."
@TNTSportsUS The only question I have is where did Bruce get his tie? That is an exceptional price of neck wear. This is a serious question. Not sarcasm.
@TBifford@HustleBitch_ This is worse than MSM. I live here. Not a terrorist attack. This happens rarely but a fact of life living here. A malfunction and or human error.