Cactus Annie
Refugee
Annie,
I hope that you don't take my post as any kind of judgement against you. It is not my intention at all. But, if you were my daughter. I would tell you "to enjoy your life." There is nothing wrong with living in a small town or village. Believe me, there are many times that I wish. I did.
I don't think you are a nutcase or have emotional problems. There is nothing dysfunctional with being a "sensitive person." It shows that you have feelings and care very deeply about others. Sweetie, you don't have to be perfect. There is no such thing. You are already the very best at being you.
There comes a time, though. When you don't have to quote or rely on what others have said. You have an intellegent mind and open heart. No doubt about it. Let that aways guide you.
Thank you A stor .
Others said it, but let me add, great post!!
Especially the Republican/Democrat stuff.
Cactus Annie, I see where you are coming from, but its almost completely irrelevant to the liberal/conservative, Democrat/Republican spectrum in the United States. You are talking about authoritarian left wing Marxist types, who exist only on the very fringes of US politics. They are not the guy you see in the coffee shop that could just as likely be a registered Democrat as he is to be a registered Republican.
These left wing authoritarian Marxist types, I have only met/encountered a few of them, you are quite right about. They hate Bono because he is someone who has done a lot for the world's poor (in fact, more than these "true icons of social justice" would ever dream of) and been effective but also happens to be:
A.)Rich
B.)An outspoken defender of capitalism.
B gets to them a hell of a lot more than A, as you correctly pointed out Marx was rich.
Just a word of advise, Annie, and I'm not talking down to you or being condescending, be a bit more specific. I feel that a lot of mainstream US liberals who post here frequently feel like you are saying that they are the kind of people who have an ideological tendency to dislike Bono. And from my reading, you are not saying this at all-"not every dem is a left wing authoritarian"
You are right. This was exactly what I meant. I never meant that every democrat was anti-capitalist, so I don't know where people got the impression that this is what I meant. For years Sociologists have tried to figure out why a large minority of working class people vote for a right wing party and why a large minority of middle class people vote for left wing parties.
In Britain (which is a different society from the US lets not forget), we have an incredibly stifling class consciousness that dictate's that lower class people like myself should stay in our position and any ambition is not for the likes of us. Because our education system allows everyone now to take their GCSE's rather than closing the door just because you failed a test aged 11, the upper classes have to make up other ways to ensure that the likes of us know our place in life. There is quite a liberal media bias which is dominated by the BBC but I also see it on the other major TV networks, as well as various magazines. A few weeks ago, another anti-capitalist who comes from a posh background, Piers Morgan interviewed one of the world's wealthiest plebs Lord Alan Sugar. The left wing TV magazine called The Radio Times slammed into him because when Alan showed Piers around his house he hardly had any books . Piers then questioned him why he was wealthier than Paul McCartney .
I can see why someone like Alan Sugar and Bono would get up people's noses. Alan Sugar comes from the poor London borough and still speaks with a broad cockney accent. He also did poorly at school. Yet, he's one of the world's wealthiest people. Bono, meanwhile, went to a comprehensive school, he never even went to university yet he earns more than most of these middle class journalists who went to Grammer school and studied at Oxford!