It has occurred to me why the Conservative right-wing element of the United States supports creationism. Geneticists in their studies have backed up the archaeologists' findings that the human race originated and evolved in Africa. As Svante Paabo in his TEDTalk Ancient Clues said, "we are all Africans." The most visible, and seemingly most active, portion, of the Conservative right-wingers in the United States are Caucasian. It probably bothers them a great deal that the scientists are saying that even they evolved from Africans, the dark-skinned race that has been so subjugated in the country. Hiding behind their efforts to make creationism and conservative Christianity dominant in the country is their effort to keep the the controlling power Caucasian. Behind the Conservatives are also corporations. I wonder what the racial and political makeup are of the executive management of the Fortune 500. Add one hundred more companies and you get the force behind ALEC (American Legislative Exchange Council).
When President Obama was first elected, the Republicans publicly vowed never to cooperate with him. We've all witnessed the crises that have occurred. Support for people in the midst of financial crisis has been slashed, most notably SNAP (Supplemental Nutrition Program). I believe it was recently reduced to 20 dollars per week per person now. Obamacare failed to control the corporations that are the most responsible for United States citizens paying more for health care than anywhere else in the world, the insurance and pharmaceutical corporations. With the poor salaries being offered today, one has to make unfortunate choices, gas money or health insurance, or heat or electricity. I sometimes wonder if the power elite are trying to kill off the poor people. Following that argument, I have to wonder what is the ethnic makeup of the people suffering most from the financial crisis. Is it why the financial crisis is continuing?
A long time ago even in elementary school we learned that although the United States at the time was mostly Caucasian, eventually that would change through time. I wondered then what would happen. I believe it's happening now.
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