To Carry Fire

I could take this time to write a brief post on the "Green New Deal", of recent acclaim and criticism... But I want to devote the time instead to examining what seems to be the goal of the GND: prosperity. I mean this in the sense that the proponents of the deal mean it: economic prosperity, as measured by equality between citizens and the abolition of classes. Now, we can quibble (correctly) that prosperity is not, in this sense, the real word for it. A better word may be "degradation" or "impoverishment". That is the actual aim, not the named goal. The only way to make everyone equal is not to provide maximum opportunity, but instead, maximum control. Take away the rights of an individual to make their own way in life and they will only be of value to a grand scheme - and to the schemer. Ultimately, this is why socialism is immoral: it shows a shocking, horrifying lack of regard for the individual. The goal of socialism (and specifically,...

This past weekend, Twitter, in Twitterial fashion, erupted. The topic of the discontent? A group of high school students from Covington Catholic High School in Kentucky. Video clips made the viral rounds over the weekend, purporting to show the students harassing an elderly Native American man (Marine veteran Nathan Phillips). This event occurred at the Indigenous Peoples' March in Washington, D.C. In particular, one video clip showed this. Twitter's "liberal" sector noticed the students wearing the popular 2016 campaign slogan: "Make America Great Again". For the political Left, which has no interest in making America great again, this was a problem. The narrative shifted. It was not just a generational tormenting going on; it was a racialized event. Commentators and Twitter's #VerifiedBullies castigated the students and connected the branding of their clothes to the President's (often misinterpreted) racism. This castig...