January 25, 2021

Twitter just obliterated a Republican Congressman for accusing poor people of being lazy

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Perhaps the most odious part of modern American conservatism is the sanctimonious bootstraps-and-grit fantasies they constantly invoke to condescendingly excuse their utter disdain for anybody who isn’t pouring money into their campaign war chests.

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Sadly, the noble ideals of the American Dream have been twisted and perverted for a most heinous task. They now function as a convenient way to shift blame for the deliberate cruelty of today’s exploitative and abusive political economy away from the wealth-hoarding oligarchs that control access to the majority of society’s resources back on to the victims of said capitalistic excess.

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That insidious narrative was put on full display this afternoon when Rep. Stephen Meeks (R-AR) took to Twitter to engage in some preposterous and delusional poor-shaming.

It’s their own fault, cry the Republicans. It’s their fault that that wages have been stagnant for decades while worker productivity skyrockets. It’s their fault that nearly all the jobs created since the recession are part-time, insecure gig economy or contract jobs that deny workers the stability and the security they need.

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It’s their fault that they live in a country that would rather saddle an entire generation with crippling student loan debt instead of giving them the tools they need to reach their full potential.

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It’s their fault that they live in a country whose political elites would rather extort blood money from the sick and hold their lives hostage than give them the healthcare that the people of every other developed nation receive.

It’s their own fault that the United States is in the midst of a serious housing crisis as low-cost housing is torn down to make way for fancy condos and developers refuse to construct anything that doesn’t cater to the wealthy.

It’s their own fault that not having an address makes it nearly impossible for a homeless person to get a job and thus do any of the work that one might need to be able to afford to go to…trucker college, not spend any money for twenty years and somehow end up with a million dollars as Meeks says you can.

It’s their own fault that 95% of all economic gains since 2009 has gone to the top 1% of Americans, who control more wealth than the entire rest of the country combined. It’s their fault that eight people — six of them American — control more wealth than half of the entire human race combined.

But that’s a “Christian” Republican for you. No empathy, no understanding, no self-awareness or any sense of responsibility for their role in perpetuating this awful status quo.

The Twitter community immediately began roasting Meeks in brutal fashion, quickly racking up nearly 5,000 responses. Here’s a sample of the best.

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https://twitter.com/daynakurtz/status/1063926760851611648

Colin Taylor

Managing Editor

Colin Taylor is the managing editor of the Washington Press. He graduated from Bennington College with a Bachelor's degree in history and political science. He now focuses on advancing the cause of social justice, equality, and universal health care in America.

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