Why I already knew Ben Stein is an A Hole.
So, I’m skimming the news headlines and I see Ben Stein’s incredibly stupid thoughts concerning the unemployed. I wasn’t surprised. I saw a clip of the actor saying months ago that “everybody is stupid. There’s lots of money.” Yes, he has lots of money. Yes, people who own two freaking mansions have lots of money. No, a couple with five kids and one job between them do not have lots of money.
The thing is Mr. Stein is repeating something I’ve heard a million times. People who are unemployed must be inherently lazy. Or people who are using food stamps must be stupid drunks or crackhead. So millions of people are drunks, crackheads, stupid, and lazy? Wow, how are we not in complete anarchy?
The one important concept Mr. Stein is leaving out is wealth distribution. Our society has decided that a certain class (actors, politicians, CEOs, sports stars) deserve to make millions based on their job alone. But the person working at Walmart doesn’t deserve to have a real, living wage. Does anyone see a problem with this?
The thing with Mr. Stein is he loves to twist words. He’s already decided that all scientists are engaged in a huge conspiracy against creationists, simply because scientists don’t accept “it’s true because the bible says it is.” Mr. Stein has also failed to really read Freidrich Neitzsche. His recent “Expelled” movie cherry picked words from Neitzsche’s work. Words that had already been mutilated by the infamous Mr. Adolf Hitler. Someone like Mr. Ben Stein doesn’t LISTEN, they invent their own form of reality.
Which takes us back to the question of why the horrible “unemployed people must be lazy” stereotype exists. The truth is many people in this country don’t want to help their fellow man out. They don’t want to have an equal or fair society. Humans are naturally selfish creatures. And, by God, Mr. Ben Stein should have two mansions instead of buying food for the poor or clothes for inner city youth. It’s called believing you don’t have to give anything back. And it’s also called greed. And that is why Mr. Ben Stein is an A Hole.
