MLK Day

Martin Luther King Jr. was and still is a ray of hope for so many. But it seemed his own hope was eventually diminished by what he saw as many people in America not willing to stand up for what was just because change and seeing the truth can be uncomfortable. If you look at the history of America, this country’s incredible success was built on the backs of slaves, immigrants, and the poor. And that is still the case. It might be through a different mechanism, but the powers that be in the present day are still creating ways to profit off of and domineer the people that deserve the most help in our society. There is a total lack of empathy for the powerless. Old rich white men are the most out of touch, morally bankrupt people in America and yet they are the ones that are deciding that poor people don’t need healthcare, or women don’t need autonomy over their reproductive rights, or black people will get no justice for the viciousness they encounter at every turn. It’s not hard to see that a lot of this is fucked up, and yet there are so many people that don’t care enough to voice their opposition. If it isn’t happening to you, then is it really that big of a deal? That is the line it seems a lot of people draw. People would rather be callous than righteous. It’d be easy to say that America is a great country that can overcome it’s faults. But honestly, no it can’t. It’s faults are so ingrained and deep that a lot of people aren’t capable of even seeing them when they are right in front of their eyes. There are a lot of reasons Trump got elected. From what I can tell, one of the main ones is that hate is a real good motivator. Misplaced hatred though, because the people that the working class should be hateful of is the extremely wealthy. Who benefits the most from every piece of legislation that is coming down the pipe in our government? Rich people. Who is getting screwed? Everyone else. I feel like the only real equality in America is the spiteful disregard the wealthy have for the less fortunate.