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- The failed experiment entitled “California”.
The uninteresting and predictable miss of this thread isn’t the election loss due too inflation - but the massive cultural shift in politics.
Progressive, woke politics, and pop culture…lost. In America
I could tell you why. But then I’d just be repeating the key points of previous posts I’ve made between two threads over the course of a year or more.
The majority here will “point and laugh” - but this election result was a very loud answer from the blue collar, and very-middle-class-not-necessarily-college-educated folks of this country
As I’ve outlined before. The “working” illegals of this country aren’t going anywhere. We need them. Just like we needed the blacks. Just like we needed the Chinese, the Mexicans and my Irish relatives. It doesn’t justify our, or the first worlds humanitarian malfeasance - but nothing ever will. Neither will the drug, sex, and human trafficking that the Biden/harris/Trump/Obama/Bush/Clinton administrations that preceded it did either.
Cottage industries always manifest when given the opportunity 🙄
As someone who’s frequently in Mexico - they want Trump back in office as much as Republicans do. They’re not happy with Central Americans invading their country either - as I’ve outlined previously how black and brown neighborhoods in Los Angeles were beginning to get frustrated with Central Americans being forced into their neighborhoods. It’s only gotten worse
My first time to PR was in 2005 on a surf trip. I was a wet-behind-the-ears-liberal back then. And even being a hard-nosed blue collar guy (and even though I quickly became a conservative by my mid 20’s…I’m proud of the person I was, and the values I had back then).
…I was shocked how much trash there was - even in the rural areas. I’ve been back a half dozen times since then, and it’s only got worse. So has the Philippines. So has Indonesia. So has Mexico. So has Guatemala. So has Costa Rica. So has Nicaragua. So has Columbia. So has Panama. So has Brazil. So has Taiwan. So has Ecuador. So has Cuba. So has Venezuela - pretty much any third world country I’ve surfed in.
Like red neck and intellectual jokes, 3rd world stereotypes don’t manifest out of thin air. And if you’ve ever met and spent considerable time with these people - they’re some of the most hilarious, humble, and self-deprecating people you’ve ever met - like most of the rural world. I meet fellow rednecks and cowboys all over the world, and in the end, we’re all the same 😎
There’s a reason why the black, brown, yellow, and white trash gave a big middle finger to the machine this election.
And it’s the same reason a lot of us “trash” live in Danoff’s neighborhood. We’re not dummies. And the many of us whom have made it. We want the same for our fellow working man who’s willing to put in the effort, without a handout
And as per usual, given that this thread is chalk-full of mostly American
and blue collar workers, I’m sure this post will be immortalized with 👍🏼 and virtual high 5’s
But seriously, jokes aside -because everyone that participates in here IS A GOOD PERSON
… no matter which side of the Mason-Dixon Line you stand on, America is the best country in the world. No matter who’s team is in charge, I’ll always be proud to be an American
Everything will be fine.
God bless 🇺🇸
Progressive, woke politics, and pop culture…lost. In America
I could tell you why. But then I’d just be repeating the key points of previous posts I’ve made between two threads over the course of a year or more.
The majority here will “point and laugh” - but this election result was a very loud answer from the blue collar, and very-middle-class-not-necessarily-college-educated folks of this country
As I’ve outlined before. The “working” illegals of this country aren’t going anywhere. We need them. Just like we needed the blacks. Just like we needed the Chinese, the Mexicans and my Irish relatives. It doesn’t justify our, or the first worlds humanitarian malfeasance - but nothing ever will. Neither will the drug, sex, and human trafficking that the Biden/harris/Trump/Obama/Bush/Clinton administrations that preceded it did either.
Cottage industries always manifest when given the opportunity 🙄
As someone who’s frequently in Mexico - they want Trump back in office as much as Republicans do. They’re not happy with Central Americans invading their country either - as I’ve outlined previously how black and brown neighborhoods in Los Angeles were beginning to get frustrated with Central Americans being forced into their neighborhoods. It’s only gotten worse
My first time to PR was in 2005 on a surf trip. I was a wet-behind-the-ears-liberal back then. And even being a hard-nosed blue collar guy (and even though I quickly became a conservative by my mid 20’s…I’m proud of the person I was, and the values I had back then).
…I was shocked how much trash there was - even in the rural areas. I’ve been back a half dozen times since then, and it’s only got worse. So has the Philippines. So has Indonesia. So has Mexico. So has Guatemala. So has Costa Rica. So has Nicaragua. So has Columbia. So has Panama. So has Brazil. So has Taiwan. So has Ecuador. So has Cuba. So has Venezuela - pretty much any third world country I’ve surfed in.
Like red neck and intellectual jokes, 3rd world stereotypes don’t manifest out of thin air. And if you’ve ever met and spent considerable time with these people - they’re some of the most hilarious, humble, and self-deprecating people you’ve ever met - like most of the rural world. I meet fellow rednecks and cowboys all over the world, and in the end, we’re all the same 😎
There’s a reason why the black, brown, yellow, and white trash gave a big middle finger to the machine this election.
And it’s the same reason a lot of us “trash” live in Danoff’s neighborhood. We’re not dummies. And the many of us whom have made it. We want the same for our fellow working man who’s willing to put in the effort, without a handout
And as per usual, given that this thread is chalk-full of mostly American
and blue collar workers, I’m sure this post will be immortalized with 👍🏼 and virtual high 5’s
But seriously, jokes aside -because everyone that participates in here IS A GOOD PERSON
… no matter which side of the Mason-Dixon Line you stand on, America is the best country in the world. No matter who’s team is in charge, I’ll always be proud to be an American
Everything will be fine.
God bless 🇺🇸
