Check out this post from Breitbart regarding John Dolmayan, drummer for the band System of a Down, and his support for President Trump.
“I voted for Donald Trump and I’m glad he won, because it brings a little sanity back,” Dolmayan said in an interview with an Australian Youtuber. “I don’t believe in the woke culture at all.”
He explained further:
“I don’t want people to starve to death, I want people to have homes. But I also believe in self-sacrifice, and hard work will get you to where you to where you want to be. And I don’t wanna subsidize somebody that is lazy or doesn’t wanna pursue something because I worked very hard to get to where I am. Whether I had been successful or not, I was going to work extremely hard on whatever I did. So, there’s a balance there.”
I 100% agree with these sentiments. I was the valedictorian of my high-school class and earned a bachelor’s degree from Harvard. I secured a full-time, white-collar job after sending out over 100 applications, and lived a bare-bones lifestyle for years so that I could save up to buy a house. I’ve now owned my home for 13 years, maintain it, and financially support myself. I worked extremely hard for these achievements. Not only that, but I’ve accomplished all of this while having autism. And because I wasn’t diagnosed with autism until age 27, I accomplished all of this while receiving no supports, no services, and no accommodations. I accomplished all of this on my own.
So yeah, it sucks to see other people receive supports, services, and benefits that I never got to receive. Especially when these benefits are paid for with my hard-earned money. It sucks to see other people get things handed to them for free, when I had to struggle and sacrifice.
While helping people who are homeless and starving has obvious appeal, progressive economic policies really do present a significant fairness issue, as my life story illustrates. I appreciate John Dolmayan for calling attention to this.