I agree with you - and if everyone spoke with this candor I wouldn't have a problem helping.
The problem is that instead of saying what you've said, we try to help AS IF everyone is talented.
Everyone is equally intelligent, hard working, etc. Everyone has equal potential is something ingrained to us as Americans.
Then later, when people make boneheaded decisions etc, we want to fix those mistakes AFTER the fact. That's BS as far as I'm concerned.
If we were just honest and said hey, let's devise ways for helping everyone at different levels (not just levels of money), I could get on board. When we're constantly bombarded with misguided diversity initiatives, bailing out of irresponsible borrowers (be it individual or corporate), and adults who don't know how to interact with law enforcement, it becomes way way harder to get buy.
Most people are very hesitant to admit that because they recognize that there are a host of people who would act upon that admission to promote malicious policies
The problem is that instead of saying what you've said, we try to help AS IF everyone is talented.
Everyone is equally intelligent, hard working, etc. Everyone has equal potential is something ingrained to us as Americans.
Then later, when people make boneheaded decisions etc, we want to fix those mistakes AFTER the fact. That's BS as far as I'm concerned.
If we were just honest and said hey, let's devise ways for helping everyone at different levels (not just levels of money), I could get on board. When we're constantly bombarded with misguided diversity initiatives, bailing out of irresponsible borrowers (be it individual or corporate), and adults who don't know how to interact with law enforcement, it becomes way way harder to get buy.