Liars who wish to divide us use lie about "priviledge", etc. to confuse us, their enemies, and turn us against each other.
99.9% of the time, "deserve" applies to that which one has. Kind of like people who are confused about "respect".. they believe that when an ally tells them a truth they don't like, it is "disrespectful", and when a liar lies to them in a way they find pleasant, it's "respectful", when in both cases, the opposite is true.
A newborn hasn't "earned" what they have, but they deserve it because it is, and because their ancestors earned it for them. The wealthiest/healthiest people aren't people who at some point in their life learned a healthy diet, how to exercise, and to earn a high wage.. The healthiest/wealthiest people are those who had ancestors who sacrificed to earn, preserve, and teach, health/wealth to their descendants.
There are some people who spend money before they get it, and there are others who earn and save for their great grandkids who they don't expect to meet. The great grandkids don't earn their place when they're born, but their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents earned that place for them.
When people understand that IQ is inherited, and can't really be permanently increased (but can be permanently decreased through abuse, malnutrition, etc.), and that children require growing up in a family with married parents all living together to be healthy, their children will be far better off than those of people who don't realize those two things. If one lives their life accordingly, they will earn the several advantages for their children. It will be their child's to build from for future generations, or squander.
TL/DR; Elite backgrounds are "elite" for a reason. It is deserved, and based in merit.
It might be that GM, and Ford, will sell more EVs than Tesla by 2025, which would mean people stopped purchasing Teslas. I didn't think it possible for GM or Ford to manufacture more EVs than Tesla by 2025, though.
The problem comes when liars have to perpetually maintain so many lies that they must persecute anyone courageous enough to speak the truth. It doesn't even matter if they're right, just that they can and do think for themselves, and have the spine to speak out despite the show of conformity. They attempt to dominate language to control everything else. That, and fear.. Laughter helps cure people of fear. They need people afraid, divided, and willing to give up essential liberty for the illusion of security.
Disobedience in intolerable.
Slavers are antithetical to truth, and vice versa.
There could be. There absolutely will be pretenses of it if the slavers think it will work to herd us in the direction they want us to go.
Slavers don't have points or principles, only pretenses meant to enable their crimes.
Freedom is for the brave. There are only individual rights. They want you frightened collectivists, so you can be divided, and conquered, and you will forfeit essential liberty for the illusion of security.
Just remember, safety is not possible without freedom. Whatever their pretense, assure them you won't be willing slaves, and then sit back and enjoy the show.
Live free or die: Death is not the worst of evils.
Here's the thing about freedom, Earth, and humanity.. there is only nation that exists for the sole purpose of protecting the inalienable rights of the individual. The brave who would be free should live only there. The cowards who would be slaves should live literally anywhere else. As long as slaves don't go to the lone place for those who would be free, and try to eliminate the option, then time will tell whether or not it is a good idea.
Putting all of your eggs in one basket is dumb. Let the cowboys ignore the slavers' pretenses, and the fearful surrender for what at first seems like a less frightening fiction if they insist.
Should the aliens come, and there is resisting to be done, it would be done best by free men and women.. though, like a supernova, or Persians at the hot gates, someday our days are up. We can betray ourselves, or not. As always, the issue is force. Make your choice, and don't force others to go along with it.
Tell that to the animals we raise and cage for food. They'll likely take the first opportunity to be free, but it's not in their hands to decide that. They're completely in our hands, no matter if they like it or not. Humans have only traveled to the moon, yet in a few century developed weapons that would wipe an entire city. A civilization that has achieved interstellar travel could be advanced enough to blow up Mercury to send a message: "Do you want to be our slaves, or do you want humanity to end?".
Good luck getting every "free man" to agree, or even everyone in your immediate circle. Real life is not an X-Men issue where Captain America is unwavering, uncompromising and always victorious; sometimes good generals call for strategic retreats, sometimes the sensible option is living to fight another day.
You don't know how true is your manly bravado until your life, and the lives of those you love, are on the line and defenseless. I say that as someone who has lived in cities of Mexico where organized crime rules with impunity, but anyone who has seen war, not from the drone cameras or humvees but from their own homes, would tear you a new one for being so naive.
Individuals decide for one. It's the slavers/slaves that want to decide for, & force, other people. If individuals decide to work together, or not, that is their right.
>You don't know how true is your manly bravado until your life, and the lives of those you love, are on the line and defenseless.
Freedom is the only possible security. Everything else is a fantasy. Sincerely, good luck with your principles. Please allow for others who think/believe differently, and do not try to sabotage them. As always, force is the issue. You're welcome to persuade, not to coerce.
Individualism is an illusion enabled by capitalism. Humans are hive animals, a truly independent person would be dead in days; no heat, no shelter, no servants. Instead, people play independent with pockets and bank accounts stuffed with government promises.
Keep in mind that the sovereign individuals of the United States have only permitted congress the ability to coin gold and silver, and that legal tender "laws" are criminal.
I have every right to make "Hitovst Nickels", and you have every right to not accept them. The crime comes with the gun in the room forcing you to accept them.
"Dollar" is a term that includes silver. When corrupt US government debased the currency, it was no longer a dollar, but counterfeit. FRNs are not dollars. No fiat currency is a dollar."
People, scam artist or no, should be free to create whatever currency they want.. it's the forcing others to accept it that is a crime.
If you can own the bank in the freest/richest society, you can inflate away enough wealth to bribe it into enabling government schools, criminal legal tender "laws", becoming the world reserve fiat global enslavement system, and then inflate away 99.9999% of all the wealth of humanity in perpetuity... that is if you're willing to play as anti-human.
99.9% of the time, "deserve" applies to that which one has. Kind of like people who are confused about "respect".. they believe that when an ally tells them a truth they don't like, it is "disrespectful", and when a liar lies to them in a way they find pleasant, it's "respectful", when in both cases, the opposite is true.
A newborn hasn't "earned" what they have, but they deserve it because it is, and because their ancestors earned it for them. The wealthiest/healthiest people aren't people who at some point in their life learned a healthy diet, how to exercise, and to earn a high wage.. The healthiest/wealthiest people are those who had ancestors who sacrificed to earn, preserve, and teach, health/wealth to their descendants.
There are some people who spend money before they get it, and there are others who earn and save for their great grandkids who they don't expect to meet. The great grandkids don't earn their place when they're born, but their parents, grandparents, and great grandparents earned that place for them.
When people understand that IQ is inherited, and can't really be permanently increased (but can be permanently decreased through abuse, malnutrition, etc.), and that children require growing up in a family with married parents all living together to be healthy, their children will be far better off than those of people who don't realize those two things. If one lives their life accordingly, they will earn the several advantages for their children. It will be their child's to build from for future generations, or squander.
TL/DR; Elite backgrounds are "elite" for a reason. It is deserved, and based in merit.