I don't even know how to start this one. Again, I didn't think about posting on this day, just as I didn't think I would yesterday... but that's the thing with socialism: it always surprises you with a brand new shitty situation you just have to endure.
This time I woke up to several notifications of people who had commented on a post. They were telling me that I was wrong, fallacious and even immature for claiming that there is no such thing as a right to food.
And this is one of the things that have haunted me since I was little because most people lack the basic ability to debate in a rational and respectful matter. I don't know how the situation is in other countries, but in Venezuela I have always been bullied for expressing myself. There isn't a single instance in my life when I have not been met with abuse when I disagree with others, even if I am not disrespectful myself. Often times I insult by how strict I am in adhering to logical reasoning. I don't need to actually insult anyone to have them raving mad at me for all the ways I have wronged them.
In Venezuela, particularly, having an attitude puts you above logical reasoning. Having others clapping at your attitude results in an instant win even if you are wrong. There is another cultural aspect at play and against me in this situation: most Venezuelans fall into the logical error of pitying and being condescending against poor people. That is false morality. They think that they are good because they pity poor people, while at the same time thinking that the only way poor people can progress in life is if they are pitied upon. They are the same people who would never think of valuing the work of the poor in a competitive manner and who will fight to the death for their right to a minimum wage and a government-issued box of food. And the worst thing is that poor people adapt to that state of affairs as a stray dog would. Except that stray dogs are not humans and they can't think about these things in a rational manner.
Thus, I got a lot of abuse for claiming that the poor do better in an unregulated economy and that access to food is not a right, but a consequence of the free market. I even got people citing international laws at me: "but the UN says soooooo!" The fact that upholding that so-called right has only brought misery to Venezuela didn't matter to them. I guess they get off at thinking themselves superior for treating poor people as I would treat my dogs.
These are people who have gone through higher education and who work in the same field as I do. But I dare to speak out loudly because I am a free elf. Dobby is free and I handed myself my own sock. They, on the other hand, are incapable of shaking off the shackles of their own minds. I don't regret earning myself their dislike in this manner.
I am a free bitch.
Tell me in your comments if there are places in the world where you can debate from different point of views/values without getting cursed at for it.
