Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I like this guy: Vivek Ramaswamy
Exceptionalism and Merit seem to be his focus, and I will gladly applaud his efforts. Chances are no one else will.
I would if merit were real, but it isn't. Merit means everyone gets the same chance and opportunity to compete, which they don't. Merit means there is no more legacy or athletics special treatment. America thrives on special treatment and calls it merit.
In America, "having merit" and being a "self-made millionaire" means having a multi-million dollar real estate empire handed to you by your daddy - right Donald Trump?
In America, "having merit" means being "self made" thanks to the wealth of your daddy's emerald empire, buying companies started by visionaries and pretending to be the visionary, yourself - right, Elon Musk?
People need to try harder.
Ehhh that "American Dream" thing is an old trope that died in the 1980s. Today you can work your ass off and still never become a multimillionaire. Most of today's wealthy in America got that way because they started out rich, had the right connections, got "struck by lightning" level lucky and so on. Or you can exploit people, scam and grift your way into wealth, whether big pharma or other schemes - but actual self-made, honest wealth these days in America is damn rare and the "American Dream" thing has a lot of illusory elements to it. A lot of Indian immigrants to America are still figuring that out.
I think Indian immigrants have figured it out way better than most others. They are the most prosperous immigrant group probably in the history of the USA. They have literally proven you wrong, unless you think their success is related to luck only? Maybe there is initially some of it for the more recent waves that came specifically as educated workers for tech/IT with jobs in high paying industry and not having to start from unskilled labor jobs like the earlier waves or immigrants or without skills/education/English. But you cannot deny there is culture at play that prioritizes education, hard work, self-reliance, and competition.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I like this guy: Vivek Ramaswamy
Exceptionalism and Merit seem to be his focus, and I will gladly applaud his efforts. Chances are no one else will.
I would if merit were real, but it isn't. Merit means everyone gets the same chance and opportunity to compete, which they don't. Merit means there is no more legacy or athletics special treatment. America thrives on special treatment and calls it merit.
In America, "having merit" and being a "self-made millionaire" means having a multi-million dollar real estate empire handed to you by your daddy - right Donald Trump?
In America, "having merit" means being "self made" thanks to the wealth of your daddy's emerald empire, buying companies started by visionaries and pretending to be the visionary, yourself - right, Elon Musk?
People need to try harder.
Ehhh that "American Dream" thing is an old trope that died in the 1980s. Today you can work your ass off and still never become a multimillionaire. Most of today's wealthy in America got that way because they started out rich, had the right connections, got "struck by lightning" level lucky and so on. Or you can exploit people, scam and grift your way into wealth, whether big pharma or other schemes - but actual self-made, honest wealth these days in America is damn rare and the "American Dream" thing has a lot of illusory elements to it. A lot of Indian immigrants to America are still figuring that out.
Anonymous wrote:White suburban woman. I don’t give a CRAP about the ethnicity of the candidate, so long as the policies are sound and that person is pro-America
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I cannot imagine Republicans electing an Indian American
I remember people saying the same thing about Republicans voting for Obama, and yet they did.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:No US citizen should ever vote for an Indian.
They are the most racist group in America
And for Vivek, a born liar.
Vivek: “I didn’t grow up with money.”
His father was a patent attorney for GE and his mother was a geriatric psychiatrist. He attended a private high school.
Vivek also comes from a very well-off family in India.
Anonymous wrote:I cannot imagine Republicans electing an Indian American
Anonymous wrote:No US citizen should ever vote for an Indian.
They are the most racist group in America
And for Vivek, a born liar.
Vivek: “I didn’t grow up with money.”
His father was a patent attorney for GE and his mother was a geriatric psychiatrist. He attended a private high school.
Anonymous wrote:Indians are doing great in business, law, medicine, science. No surprise there are Indian leaders in politics.
We integrate, work hard, love America, and value education above all else!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I’m not Indian, but my husband is. He likes Nikki Halley. My DD has second hand embarrassment over Vivek. “Cringey” We need better Indian candidates! Hard to do in the Republican Party.
Is he Punjabi?
I am a Punjabi and I hate Halley, we are also from the same ancestral village as Halley so there is that. Punjabis are loyal, not stupid.
😂 if you are really Punjabi, you know what your traits are 😉
You bet your a$$ I know my traits, I can also tell what yours are.
Did you get lost?
Canada is that way ⬆️