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Hey kids (and people who who use “kiddo), let me tell you an American “success story” that ends with this amazing tweet below: In 2012 Charlie Kirk starts Turning Point USA to promote capitalism, asking millionaires for donations. 1/x https://twitter.com/charliekirk11/status/1337922259164430337?s=20
Kirk’s first manifesto is a rant on Breitbart where he defends “free enterprise” and demeans “class warfare.” 2/x https://link.medium.com/UatCfVzBbcb
Then Kirk falls in love with Trump, a b/millionaire whose grift convinces (white) poor people he hasn’t forgotten them. Kirk abandons “free trade” for “fair” trade with tariffs (aka government regulations) 3/x https://link.medium.com/JTOotQ1Bbcb
Slowly but surely Kirk drinks the kool-aid of the b/millionaire’s populism which attacks a segment of the rich. 4/x https://link.medium.com/BGpr6IzCbcb
But Kirk still defends capitalism, saying greed can be regulated by private property laws but rich people should fight government abuse with their millions, their “connections, ingenuity or physical strength.” 5/x https://link.medium.com/1vSnjuUCbcb
Kirk says those with millions use their “greed” for good because they often give away their money. He also though hates “big government” aka socialism because it gives out “free stuff.” 6/x
And that brings me to Charlie Kirk’s astonishing tweet attacking the rich for getting richer during “lockdowns.” That is an accurate statement. But not true for all “rich” people. 7/x https://www.cnbc.com/2020/05/21/american-billionaires-got-434-billion-richer-during-the-pandemic.html
You see Bezos got richer during “lockdowns” because we all use Amazon now. But Charlie Kirk can’t expand his empire (as much) because he can’t be on campus doing his show. So he hates a segment of the rich. 8/x
So to sum up: Charlie Kirk employs what he once criticized (“class warfare”) to decry that “big government” won’t let him compete for capital with Bezos. And he decries the very millionaires who started his own rise. Success at becoming a sycophant and hypocrite. /end
