Cribbing As a Career Strategy
Fareed starts his article expressing concern that middle age white males are dying in growing numbers, contrary to increasing life expectancies in other developed countries and among ethnic populations in the United States. Interestingly, he grabs huge swaths of content from the study he cites and drops it right into his article. That should save a lot of time and the trouble of actually having to come up with original material and doing some actual research. It is nothing new. He has been called on it before. For the record, he does include a link in his piece if you are interested.
But it turns out that it is only a screen for denigrating supporters of Donald Trump. The decline of life expectancy is unique to the United States, and is caused by stress, depression and despair, leading to alcoholism, drug overdoses, and illegal drugs. The largest segment of sufferers are white, middle aged, males, who are also the biggest segment of Trump supporters, which explains why he is doing so well! Case solved, and Fareed is happy to report that this will not be an ongoing problem because white, middle aged men are dying at an increasing rate, so their influence will also decrease, thank goodness!
Why is Middle America killing itself? The fact itself is probably the most important social science finding in years. It is already reshaping American politics. The Post’s Jeff Guo notes that the people who make up this cohort are “largely responsible for Donald Trump’s lead in the race for the Republican nomination for president.” The key question is why, and exploring it provides answers that suggest that the rage dominating U.S. politics will only get worse.
The main causes of death are as striking as the fact itself: suicide, alcoholism, and overdoses of prescription and illegal drugs. “People seem to be killing themselves, slowly or quickly,” Deaton told me. These circumstances are usually caused by stress, depression and despair. The only comparable spike in deaths in an industrialized country took place among Russian males after the collapse of the Soviet Union, when rates of alcoholism skyrocketed.
But why don’t we see the trend among other American ethnic groups? While mortality rates for middle-age whites have stayed flat or risen, the rates for Hispanics and blacks have continued to decline significantly. These groups live in the same country and face greater economic pressures than whites. Why are they not in similar despair?
The answer might lie in expectations. Princeton anthropologist Carolyn Rouse suggested, in an email exchange, that other groups might not expect that their income, standard of living and social status are destined to steadily improve. They don’t have the same confidence that if they work hard, they will surely get ahead. In fact, Rouse said that after hundreds of years of slavery, segregation and racism, blacks have developed ways to cope with disappointment and the unfairness of life: through family, art, protest speech and, above all, religion.
The United States is going through a great power shift. Working-class whites don’t think of themselves as an elite group. But, in a sense, they have been, certainly compared with blacks, Hispanics, Native Americans and most immigrants. They were central to America’s economy, its society, indeed its very identity. They are not anymore. Donald Trump has promised that he will change this and make them win again. But he can’t. No one can. And deep down, they know it.
So there you have it. White, middle class males are in a rage. They have never had to deal with unfairness in life, the problem of not having power, disappointment, or lack of upward financial mobility. And so with the change in society, in expectations, white males are now confronted with stress, depression and despair. Their lifeline is Donald Trump, and he is promising that he can help them climb to the top again. Which of course is a lie.
That is the explanation that Fareed has arrived at to explain the Trump phenomenon. Fareed is a hack. He is a plagiarist. And he is an empty headed echo chamber of the other nonsense spewing fools on the Left who think that all things good and great revolve around New York and the Beltway. It will be fun to mock them when Donald Trump is elected president. It will be amusing to see them trying to come up with a new explanation for why they were so very wrong about so many things. But they will not admit they were wrong. The are incapable of climbing out of their comfortable bubble. Maybe Fareed can find an article to plagiarize to explain it to them.
Source: Washingtonpost.com
Photo: John Barth
Fareed needs to go live in a third world country if that’s what he’s looking for bc ours is not and we will fight till the end.
Who the hell does this foreigner think he is???? He will die before us!!!! With just the Oath Keepers and Rolling Thunder, we are good!!!! Now, add to that our Military capability!!!!! You are toast you frigging jerk!!!!
The whites might be dying out but you sob’s watch out for at Asian’s.
Sakaria must be brain dead, but considering the news outlet he works for it’s typical for someone ,like he said who’s never really had to work for a living. I’m proud to be a common man. He must have issues that I really don’t care about. Actually I try to keep Washington post off my news feed.
Being offended by the drivel produced by a lesser life form, such as this Fareed Zakaria is a waste of emotional investment. Do you worry about how the bug that smashed into your windshield feels about you ? No. Beneath consideration. I have read this specimen’s writings for a few years, usually with laughter. He is a prime example of the “liberal” self aggrandizing malelike life form, always impressed with themselves, usually without merit. These are not the whiz kids from High School and University, nor the popular kids either. Usually, they are the subpar grades, excelling at nothing, lacking personality and lacking ambition they wander aimlessly into life, gathering Arts Degrees in Olde English and pottery.
Eventually, a lot of the Fareeds gravitate towards each other, too old to be students but too young to be men. So they stagnate in gaggles, bracing their fragile egos with mutual admiration sessions, wondering why they cannot attract a mate. That inability has dragged along behind them since preadolescence like an albatross. A constant reminder of their lack of anything attractive.
Eventually, they find an older version of themselves, usually a predator of younger lackluster malelike specimens. Like little moths to a flame they flutter around the leech, learning about wines, literature, culture and arts. They memorize the buzz words to attempt to appear intelligent, successful and desirable. A freelance writer is a perfect dodge; no not working today, coffee and the library ? (Cheap and free, skin flints) They lie themselves into a corner constantly, thus always on the go. Eventually percentages say some will talk their way into a job somewhere. But inside they know they are cowards and frauds, running from one lie to another. Thus a string of shattered relationships behind them, lies can only carry you so far.
So when little men like this Fareed Zakaria make their little grandiose statements such as “White men, you’re dying and Trump can’t save you !” I just laugh. Hey there little fella, no real men, white or otherwise, are looking for Trump to save them. But since you make yourself feel better by saying white men, let’s look at that, shall we ? And before you whine about racism, remember you brought it up, not white men. No one is attempting to ridicule you, except perhaps yourself.
First, you have no clue what a man is, Fareed. No color needed, no religious sect, no differentiation at all, men. Of course, your sort of manlike specimen must belittle real men, in order to validate your attempt to emulate one. Men provide a safe home for their women (or men, as I said no differentiation), they provide for their family, their children, neighbors, pets and friends. They provide safety, food, home, nurture, education and a safe future. The way this is done, is via the grouping of like minded people, families etc., creating safety in numbers. via neighborhoods, villages, towns, cities, counties, states and countries. Doing this requires work, planning, effort but individual and community. Now, since you brought up your ingenious point,
the effort, stress and work needed to form a civilization will shorten your lifespan.
Most likely why you plagiarize a majority of your work product. An additional requisite of the development of and maintaining of civilization, is a certain amount of testicular fortitude. To simplify that thought, it takes balls to build it, keep it and protect it. You need to stand up for you and yours. That shortens your lifespan also.
Now, perhaps you can clarify something that men do not immediately understand. If say One Hundred Thousand people overthrow a country with say a million men in it, why do those million men run away, leaving their wives, children and homes behind ? Why do these “men” as you call them, run and hide in the civilizations built by these hated white men ? Why do those “men” not care enough to do anything for their families ?
So men, real men, Fareed, do not need to swarm other men’s countries like locust, demanding to be supported and contribute nothing. Now you seem to fancy your manlike specimens to be more advanced and intelligent. To real men, you are just women to take care of, with two inches of extra useless flesh. The weak try to divide by color, religion, caste, class. Men don’t need to. Have a great night, Penelope.
m7yqCJ Major thanks for the article post.Really looking forward to read more. Fantastic.
9zTOCM Really informative article.Really thank you! Great.
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