This is not quite humor. It certainly transgresses that line I spoke of two posts ago. But it bespeaks an enormous well of frustration. It signals the complete break-down of truly liberal communication between people of differing views in our country, a break-down engineered BY the Left to prevent infection among their carefully indoctrinated troops of actually good ideas, accurate history, and genuine appreciation of everything we have built in this country.
America is far from perfect. But we are pretty damn good. Democrats of a generation or two ago, Democrats who in many cases fought in World War 2, Korea, or Vietnam, understood this. They were not anti-American. They simply had differing notions on the proper role of government.
But this crop is anti-American. They hate this country as it exists currently, all while using relentlessly and shamelessly all the benefits it provides to make themselves rich and comfortable.
They want, in other words, to become elites BY talking about their concern for the plebes. It is not incidental to the process: it IS the process.
Here is a list of Latin American countries by GDP: https://www.globalpropertyguide.com/Latin-America/gdp-per-capita
Numbers one and three had equivalents to helicopter rides. Panama of course has the canal.
Wikipedia on Uruguay: “Uruguay is ranked first in Latin America in democracy, peace, low perception of corruption,[11] e-government,[12] and is first in South America when it comes to press freedom, size of the middle class and prosperity.”
On Chile: “The modern sovereign state of Chile is among South America’s most economically and socially stable and prosperous nations, with a high-income economy and high living standards.[11][12] It leads Latin American nations in rankings of human development, competitiveness, income per capita, globalization, state of peace, economic freedom, and low perception of corruption.[13] It also ranks high regionally in sustainability of the state, and democratic development.”
Who is at the bottom? The disaster nobody wants to talk about, Nicaragua, the nation which went the farthest to become fully Communist, and which foolishly put Daniel Ortega back in office. As you may imagine, there is no short summary of the disaster this nation has become. It is extremely poor, Ortega is killing political opponents, and seems to be rigging the elections. Here is an excerpt:
In April 2018, demonstrations opposed a decree increasing taxes and reducing benefits in the country’s pension system. Local independent press organizations had documented at least 19 dead and over 100 missing in the ensuing conflict.[109] A reporter from NPR spoke to protestors who explained that while the initial issue was about the pension reform, the uprisings that spread across the country reflected many grievances about the government’s time in office, and that the fight is for President Ortega and his Vice President wife to step down.[110] April 24, 2018 marked the day of the greatest march in opposition of the Sandinista party. On May 2, 2018, university-student leaders publicly announced that they give the government seven days to set a date and time for a dialogue that was promised to the people due to the recent events of repression. The students also scheduled another march on that same day for a peaceful protest. As of May 2018, estimates of the death toll were as high as 63, many of them student protesters, and the wounded totalled more than 400.[111] Following a working visit from May 17 to 21, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights adopted precautionary measures aimed at protecting members of the student movement and their families after testimonies indicated the majority of them had suffered acts of violence and death threats for their participation.[112] In the last week of May, thousands who accuse Mr. Ortega and his wife of acting like dictators joined in resuming anti-government rallies after attempted peace talks have remained unresolved.[
Summary: helicopter rides work. Dialogue, of course, is better. I continue to await signs of any sort that the Left is willing to listen. I very much doubt I will see any in coming days. Where all this will lead is anyone’s guess. I vastly prefer peace, but I have been trying to reason with Leftists for many years. I’ve been doing politics on the internet for probably 15 years or so. I know their particular disease very well from long personal experience.