THE CONSERVATIVES

THE CONSERVATIVES

By

Fay E.A. Reid

Definition of CONSERVE: protect (something, especially an environmentally or culturally important place or thing) from harm or destruction.

The “Conservative Movement” since the late 18th Century has certainly tried to protect something. But that something is neither environmentally nor culturally important - they have sought to protect their personal wealth and power.

For those in the original Southern - slave holding - States, to the Northern industrialists wealth and power were the prime and frequently ONLY ‘things’ they sought to conserve. Before you heap disparity on me, I do not include ALL people of wealth. Many persons who have earned wealth through productivity, have also sought to help other people or other animals not associated with themselves. Are all the conservatives bad? No. Are all liberal progressives good? Hell, no! But for the overall conservative movement I find it bloody hard to see much if any good in them.

And for the MAGA movement no good at all.

As I keep ranting - there is only one extant ‘human’ animal, Homo sapiens, and there are no subspecies or variants scientifically identified. Sure some of us are taller, shorter, fatter, skinnier, lighter skinned or darker skinned. Blond hair so pale as to appear white to black hair and all shades in between - all of these are cosmetic - all Homo sapiens can interbreed with any other Homo sapiens of the opposite gender, but we cannot interbreed with any other extant mammal.

All of us share the same basic DNA which defines us as a ‘human’ instead of a cat. While we are capable of mutating, we cannot do so at the same rate as a virus and all non-lethal mutations are primarily benign and cosmetic. Mutations are not necessarily passed down to the next generation, in fact most are unique to the individual - like level; of intelligence. Throughout written history some true geniuses have appeared, such as Albert Einstein, but so far none have replicated themselves.

So, getting back to the conservatives, whom I prefer to call destructives, while they see themselves as unique, the chance of passing that ‘uniqueness’ to their offspring is between slim and nil.

So, why should we admire donald john trump or elon reeve musk? Despite their ravings, neither is a genius. I would guess trump slime’s intellectual capacity is somewhere, slightly below normal. His present status is due more to his father and Roy Cohn, both of whom taught him the methods of being an adequate mob boss. As such he has conned, schemed, swindled, and stolen his way to a fortune but until he was able to achieve his current position he hasn’t really held on to his ‘swag’. He has gamed the system (with the advice of Roy Cohn) hiring competent financial agents to ‘cook’ his books, and prolonging law suits brought against him by endless counter suits and appeals until his opponents give up. Even the US Department of Justice gave up.

This isn’t genius - this is patience. He also had a huge amount of help.

Mucky musk claims an IQ of 155. I don’t know if that is accurate. My daughter, Laura was tested at 168 at the age of ten. She went on to be an early researcher into control of AIDS and a physician of renown in Seattle WA. Unfortunately she died in January 2000 at the age of 39.

So far mucky musk has engineered ONE vehicle - the Cybertruck. It has exploded, caught fire and had its glued on panels fly off while being driven. It’s the ugliest vehicle I’ve ever seen, and may be the final straw for Tesla - they can’t seem to sell this beast.

The current Destructive Movement did begin toward the end of the 19th Century - the so-called gilded age. It has not been a smooth path to destruction and it met several stumbling blocks along the way. The infamous ‘Wall Street Crash’ of 1929. The intervention of Franklin Delano Roosevelt, one of the exceptional good guys, who saw the Common Good, as one of the principles of a better United States.

But the Destructive Movement got its groove back with the election of ronald wilson reagan (richard milhouse nixon tried but failed to help the destruction along).

Ronnie baby, knew all the tricks of a second rate actor to get people to believe in him. His Welfare Queen in her fur coat and driving a Cadillac, his trickle down economics, set the stage for trump slime round 2.

An aside on the welfare queen. I was employed by a County Department of Social Services and I can tell you that used fur coats could be purchased in thrift stores in California during this time frame for $25 while cloth coats ran as high as $35 in the same thrift store. And big used cars like Chryslers and Cadillacs sold for $100 to $200, were usually in better condition but were gas guzzlers. Chevrolets and Fords of the same year vintage sold for $500 to $1000. Is it any wonder that welfare recipients chose fur coats and big cars? As to his claim that they came out of the grocery store with a six pack in their hand - unlikely. Food Stamps and its replacement SNAP forbid the purchase of alcohol, tobacco products, household goods like soap, shampoo, and cleaners. I’m not saying none of the recipients bought alcohol or especially cigarettes - they did. There were large fines for stores who old these products for food stamps and removal from welfare rolls for the recipients. But, it had to come out of their monthly stipend. In the 1990’s in California a parent with one child received $511 per month which had to cover rent, utilities, clothing, cleaning products with rents averaging 4 to 5 hundred per month, that sure didn’t leave much. In the 1980’s stipends were even lower.

I will admit that of all the Destructive Presidents, Congress, and Judiciaries in the past, trump slime 2 has been the absolute rock bottom of them all. Especially considering how much destruction has occurred in just 122 days. We desperately need an intelligent leadership to help us fight our way out of this dangerous conundrum we’re in. We need an Abraham,. Teddy, or Franklin to the rescue.