This article was written by a college student by the name of Alyssa Ahlgren, who's in grad school for her MBA.
It's a short article but definitely worth a read.
My Generation Is Blind to the Prosperity Around Us!
I’m sitting in a small coffee shop near Nokomis trying to think of what to write about. I scroll through my newsfeed on my phone looking at the latest headlines of Democratic 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. Democratic 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, elect politicians 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 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."
So spot on, we NEED this woman running for office, she truly understands how great our Country is!
ReplyDeleteNailed it!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteAt last someone utilizing the gifts of prosperity ! Educated and thoughtful enough to look around and see for themselves and having the ability to communicate their appreciation and the truths. We would have fewer problems and divides if everyone were so inclined and positioned. All is not lost. I am 68 and was retired and so bored I went back to work. There are lots of opportunities for people with skills. I am making more than I did when I retired and the young people I work with and mentor are very optimistic and driven and they are making a hell of a lot more than their lessor peers that did not choose to see and apply themselves. That's what MAGA is all about. Take advantage of your freedom to be anything you want and all the options at you disposal in this Great Nation. If your looking for a hand out or feel your entitled because you are this that or the other and butt hurt that others are smarter and more driven than you are you are just going to loose.
ReplyDelete8:52. She would never survive. Politicians cannot tell you the truth.
ReplyDeleteVery well written! This person brings a thoughtful and insightful perspective and really encapsulates her generation. At the same time we are at risk of losing our history by tearing down historical statues over bruised feelings from loons who do not even know what the statues truly represent. Most are caught up in an emotional moment and I dare say left empty in the aftermath wondering what the next idiotic "cause" is. Those people have no heart and are cowards with no ability for originality. Kudos to Alyssa Ahlgren.
ReplyDelete5:42 sure politicians can tell the truth, don't forget President Reagan who told the truth and defeated Russian communism in the cold war and now we have President Trump who tells the truth and he gets called a liar everyday but he keeps telling it like it is and because he tells the truth he will be re-elected in 2020. MAGA 2020. GO Mr. President.
ReplyDeleteMAGA TRUMP 2020
DeleteDo we know anymore about this woman? Where is she studying for her MBA? Would like to know more...
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