For the love of plutocracy.

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I'm sure most of us who have been critical of the sitting President has had this response on forums, and comment boards: "Well, the President is a self made man." Or if you point out that he in fact is not self made, but that he had inherited his money from his successful father, very possibly you would have gotten a response such as: "Well, you couldn't have made all that money like Trump did, even if you first inherited it." What strikes me is, too many of Trump's supporters seem to gauge the worth of a human being by how much money and success he or she has had. The feeling among so many of his supporters seems to be, as Trump is rich and is supposedly such a fantastic businessman, he must be far better than everyone else. I have to wonder, what sort of self hate and loathing do they carry around for their own lack of riches and worldly success? I suspect these are the same people who are contemptuous of intellectuals, and any who are involved in the sciences and the arts.

Lots of people argue that liberal arts is useless. Business majors often talk like this. STEM majors often talk like this. Tradesmen often talk like this.

"You wasted your money on a liberal arts degree? Enjoy working at McDonalds! Haha!"

Do you know who else was into liberal arts? Abe Lincoln. George Washington. John Locke. Thomas Jefferson.

It is true that liberal arts majors often have difficulty making money ... but that's not what liberal arts is all about. Most people who are into liberal arts realize that some things in life are more important than money.

Some people want to make money. Other people want to change the world by educating and empowering the oppressed.

I'd say they're carrying all the social conditioning they've had since childhood and that the behavior's quite expected. In fact the number of people who don't see it that way is probably what's more interesting.

This might be a tad off-topic. If it is, I don't give a damn.

Have I made myself clear yet?

If a conservative ever tells you "Liberals hate the average American." show them this video.

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Americans: Make me proud ... and don't trust a false liberal like Obama ever again.

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To be honest, I don't believe I've heard Trump, or any of supporters, refer to him as a "self made man," simply because it's pretty widely known that he inherited a s**t load of money from his rich father. They do, of course, hold him up as a business genius, which is a very contested issue.