bookmark_borderWise words from John Dolmayan, System of a Down drummer

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.

bookmark_borderDon’t cry for the fired bureaucrats…

Very well-said: 

 
 
 
 
 
View this post on Instagram
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

A post shared by Being Libertarian (@beingalibertarian)

Source: Being Libertarian, via Instagram

Exactly! It’s the double standards and logical inconsistency that are so infuriating. It makes no sense for people to be outraged when government workers lose their jobs, but not when private sector workers lose their jobs. This is especially true when the private sector workers lost their jobs due to regulations that government workers created and implemented. 

There are some great comments on the post which deserve to be quoted as well:

“Remember when Biden said people fired for not taking the vaccine could find another job? Well I’m sure the bureaucrats can find another job.”

“The fact that people I once called friends are boo-hooing about federal workers who held jobs which never should’ve existed and not the millions of people who lost jobs, homes, or businesses due to the actions of the regulatory agencies those workers worked for…sickens me.”