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I mean look at the people in that room with Streep — would you guess most working class voters identify with the folks in that room?
this. i mean i agree with a lot of what she says, but she’s as much of a part of the “liberal elite” as trump is a part of the “conservative elite”.
so really i doubt she has much more of a clue as to what’s wrong with this country than trump.
maybe i’m wrong. i don’t know. but i’m tired of it all. it seems like the rich control the dems and the reps. and everyone else really don’t count for much at all.
i don’t know specifically streep’s background.
but there are a lot of artists, especially in hollywood, who were born with a silver spoon. they come from hollywood families. and sometimes just artistic families who were wealthy. i can name a bunch off the top of my head. they don’t come from humble beginnings. they have no clue.
and likewise there are probably conservatives who come from humble beginnings. not trump obviously. but they are there.
and that’s not even to say that that would even qualify them as being able to relate to what most people go through.
and even beyond that most people are not going to look at that crowd and think well they come from where i come from (if they even do). they’re going to see a bunch of elite rich liberals going to their stupid post-award parties having no clue how hard it is to survive. shit. i have no clue how hard it is to be honest. compared to most people.
but i also agree that trump for some bizarre reason is able to tap into that anger even though he too is part of that elite class. i don’t know why people don’t see that. it baffles me. well i do i think. it’s cuz he’s a white heterosexual male. and almost anyone who isn’t that will relate to the other side. that’s the only difference to me.
i don’t know specifically streep’s background.
but there are a lot of artists, especially in Hollywood, who were born with a silver spoon. they come from hollywood families. and sometimes just artistic families who were wealthy. i can name a bunch off the top of my head. they don’t come from humble beginnings. they have no clue.
and likewise there are probably conservatives who come from humble beginnings. not trump obviously. but they are there.
and that’s not even to say that that would even qualify them as being able to relate to what most people go through.
and even beyond that most people are going to look at that crowd and think well they come from where i come from (if they even do). they’re going to see a bunch of elite rich liberals going to their stupid post-award parties having no clue how hard it is to survive. shit. i have no clue how hard it is to be honest. compared to most people.
but i also agree that trump for some bizarre reason is able to tap into that anger even though he too is part of that elite class. i don’t know why people don’t see that. it baffles me. well i do i think. it’s cuz he’s a white heterosexual male. and almost anyone who isn’t that will relate to the other side. that’s the only difference to me.
I agree that not all of them come from humble beginnings. But the vast majority do. And Streep tried to convey that, because she is aware of those perceptions, false as they are. She took the time to remind people of that, etc.
Right now, the richest 1% holds more than the bottom 99% of the nation combined, as of 2016. The richest 0.1% holds more than the bottom 90% combined.
Just 20 Americans now hold more wealth than the bottom half combined. I find that obscene.
So we know the vast majority of the people in that room, very few of them being “legacy” actors, etc. etc. weren’t born with any silver spoon. But the “stars” in that room have worked their way up the ladder to the point where they command (I think absurdly) huge salaries . . . but they can at least say, relatively speaking, they did that themselves, not via the collection of surplus value generated by one’s own workforce. If I have to choose between a business owner and an actor, musician, artist, athlete, writer, etc. etc. who is paid for their own personal production, not via a collective workforce, I go with the actors, etc. etc. every time.
But that’s me. Others have a different point of view.
Bringing this home and back to the Rams, for instance: I’d rather see someone like Quinn make a lot of money than Kroenke. Fans come to see Quinn, and he gets paid for his own performance. Kroenke makes money from, IMO, stealing from his employees. That’s the way capitalism is set up.
Trump made his money that way, and he inherited tens of millions to begin with.
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