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My favorite part of this video is when he says President Obama speaks to people as if they’re fixed in a class. “That’s the European model,” Ryan explains. “That’s the model our ancestors left to come create an opportunity society.”Ah, another beautifully sculpted lie. Right away it’s obvious that not every American’s ancestors left Europe in order to finally be free of a class-based society, and even more blatant is the fact that not all of our ancestors were European to begin with. There was that thing called the slave trade, where Africans were abducted from their homelands, forced to labor against their will without pay, and treated as privately owned commodities. Now that’s capitalism! I’m guessing Ryan would say that when he mentioned “our ancestors,” he was referring to the Founding Fathers, whom I’ll admit were all men of European descent. But it sure does come off like he’s saying all of our families left Europe for the same reason. By the way, was there ever a class-based society in America? Were there ever groups like racial minorities and women who weren’t allowed the right to vote for what I can only assume to be perceived biological defects? Probably not, right?
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