Can we finally say that the GOP's platform should be coined "Lottery Politics"?
With Jeb Bush's (the newest contender of Mitt Romney's "Most Tone Deaf Politician" title) latest commentary on Medicare, which amounted to "Build the moat, draw the bridge" and warranted more than a few deserved angry responses from those with a brain stem, it's about time to say it once and for all:
The GOP's social and economic platforms almost entirely depend on either patronage, privilege, great luck or all three at once in order to work. In other words, lottery, albeit with various odds.
In the GOP's strange little world:
* You'd better be born to the correct set of parents. Preferrably upper middle class to rich ones.
* You'd better be born in the correct time period (it varies based on economic position in life, location, and employability).
* You'd better be born in the correct country (again, varies on . . . see above).
* You'd better subscribe to the correct mythology, or you're either getting persecuted or have the Bejeezus bombed out of you (and hey, it's a no-brainer, because you can turn all criticisms of your judgement right back to them!).
* Your sexuality better be to their liking, because Bible. And it somehow IS their business, because reasons.
* You'd better have an awesome set of DNA, or it's off to the bake sales and gofundme hell for you, you wealthcare liability.
* You'd better know what you want to do for a living starting around 13. And it better be economically viable.
* The GOP prefers you have a great mind for business. And that business better be a successful one, because everyone working for someone else is eventually going to get replaced by a robot.
* As far as college goes, anything other than STEM is a waste of money, so be inclined to do the right thing for the greater good.
I could go on for days, but the point is this: I would like to think that the path to making life fairer for everyone probably shouldn't involve having the people who don't believe in concepts such as privilege, patronage or luck running the show.
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