US Politics: An unbiased opinion from an outsider.
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When I was a teenager in my native country, Haiti, one of my biggest dreams was to move to the USA. At that time watching movies, and how well the USA had been described through Hollywood, your own reality became non-existent. As time passed, I have developed a sense of curiosity about myself, my surroundings, my country, and more precisely the world I have been living in. There was one thing that has drastically changed the perception I had for this world, in my last year in high school, it was reading.
Ralph Waldo Emerson who was an American essayist, philosopher, lecturer and poet said: "Some books leave us free, and some books make us free". If you look at his quote from a rational perspective, from his two deductions about books, he was right. The amount of facultative openness, self-awareness one can get just by reading is immeasurable. In that adventure that has become a sort of ritual over the years for me, I discovered one book. "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" which I avidly read. It was a great experience, because at that time a question cropped up into my mind.
"Why have I never heard the name Malcolm X before 2009 ?" Now with all the knowledge I have been acquiring from reading every book that I can put my hands on, it has become crystal clear for me. I now have the answer! It is the MEDIA!
Interestingly enough, Malcolm X talked about them, he knew them quite well. He said: "The media is the most powerful entity on earth. They have the power to make the innocent guilty, and to make the guilty innocent, and that is power because they control the minds of the masses."
Now, I have some questions for you. What did you learn from the last USA elections? I asked myself the same question, and from an outsider perspective I found answers. Hopefully my personal opinion won't cause any trouble.
The last USA elections was a blatant proof of how powerful, manipulative, and harmful the mainstream media can be.
Another thing I found is that black people, specially African American are the most affected by the mainstream media, and its because of their ignorance. Yes, I am qualified to call most of them ignorant because they don't want to see the bigger picture. Yes, I am qualified to call most of them ignorant because they have embraced monolithicness. Yes, I am qualified to call most of them ignorant because they don't want to work together as a race. Yes, I am qualified to call most of them ignorant because they have entertainers as their leaders instead of great thinkers, like Dr. Claude Anderson. I bet most of them don't even know about Fred Hampton. Yes, I am qualified to call them ignorant because instead of reading a book most of them would rather argue about stupidity. Yes, I am qualified to call them ignorant because they've been insulting Candace Owens who is 100% percent black because according to them she is married the enemy (a white man). What about Kamala Harris who is not even 100% percent black, isn't she married a white man as well? Now, we can see the problem is not her being married to a white man, but because she dares to think otherwise. Most African American think being black means that you have to be Democrats, it is more than a political choice it has become a cultural thing for African American. That's why Joe Biden got away with his "You ain't black" comment.
Yes, I am qualified to call most of them ignorant, because most of you voted for Joe Biden who has spent more than 40 years openly hunting our people down, but Trump's racist, right?. What about Joe Biden, isn't he a certified racist? When most of you are told to give me proof that Trump is a Racist, you keep saying "Central Park 5". "He said racist things". So, what about Joe Biden and Kamala Harris who not only said racist thing, but also did atrocious things to our people? What about actions speak louder than words?
Let's move on.
If you had been paying attention during the last US elections you could see how the words "Lesser evil" have been used a lot by the mainstream media. And surprisingly enough the masses like parrots keep saying the same thing to justify their choice whether it was for Biden, or Trump. What has saddened me the most, is that I saw people who see themselves as intellectual saying the same thing, maybe they did it on purpose, who knows. My question now is, why talk about lesser evil when there was literally more than these two candidates in this election? Are you surprised? You've been brainwashed. The mainstream media has brainwashed you to only think about blue and red.
What about the Libertarian Party, or Green Party?
Most of you watching this video might be saying; why this Haitian talking about US politics when he doesn't even live in the USA? Well, I am going to ask you this question. Have you guys never heard of this adage: "When America sneezes, the world catches a cold?" Let me explain its meaning for you in just a fewer words. It means what happens in America affects the rest of the world, be it good or bad.
Let's move on.
As a Haitian I'm going to ask any American of Haitian descendant who voted for Biden. Why did you vote for him? Didn't your family tell you about what the Clintons has been doing in Haiti? Well! You might be saying what is the problem? So, would you hang out with the friends of your enemy?
Now, you going to tell me Trump called Haiti shithole country. Another questions for you is how many times a lot of us Haitians called Haiti a shithole country way before Trump did? How many times have most of you, once you've moved to another country, swear that you'll never go back to Haiti? So you'll never go back because it is a paradise, or is it because its a shithole? Please, stop with the hypocrisy.
Let's move on.
Young black women please use your smart phone to educate yourselves; don't spend your time twerking on Social Media. You'll get nothing out of it but kids without their father. Black men don't use your smart phone to brag about having guns, don't make yourselves an easy target for the system.
Stop listening to the celebrities; they are not living your life. They don't know about your daily struggles.
Read a book, watch videos on YouTube about finances, economy, etc. Learn more about yourselves. Try to become a better version of the person you were yesterday.
If you want to start with a book..
The autobiography of Malcolm X would be a good start.
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