{"id":789,"date":"2013-12-20T12:47:35","date_gmt":"2013-12-20T12:47:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/mattralston.net\/?p=789"},"modified":"2014-01-10T08:37:19","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T08:37:19","slug":"fuck-dynasty","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/mattralston.net\/politics\/fuck-dynasty\/","title":{"rendered":"Fuck Dynasty"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dynasty:\u00a0a succession of people from the same family who play a prominent role in business, politics, or another field.<\/em><\/p>\n

Throughout history, a common trait among people associated with\u00a0dynasties\u00a0<\/em>is that they are able to hold onto their positions of power through the oppression and, consequently, division of other people.<\/p>\n

It has been proven impossible to continue a dynasty without doing so.<\/p>\n

Rockefeller, Bush, Mingh, Bruce, Du Pont, Oppenheimer, Hearst, Lehman…<\/em><\/p>\n

These are a few that might conjure up examples of brutality, trickery, and the marginalization or eradication of various groups with little or no consequences for said dynasties.<\/p>\n

Maybe it shouldn’t seem so strange that Phil Robertson, the self-described\u00a0patriarch\u00a0<\/em>of\u00a0Duck Dynasty<\/em>, doesn’t approve of homosexuality, and thinks that the Jim Crowe South was a pretty sweet arrangement for black people<\/a>.
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After all, his views \u00a0are a product of the southern Evangelical church – and also crystalize the reason that any of the modern Christian churches ever came to prominence in the first place – which is that they were easily able to divide various groups through hate-ridden idealism.<\/p>\n

Not surprisingly, churches are among the wealthiest institutions on earth<\/a>.<\/p>\n

They’re almost like, like, dynasties.<\/p>\n

And dynasties are inevitably tied to churches.<\/p>\n

Hate breeds hate.<\/p>\n

Breeds hate.<\/p>\n

Breeds hate.<\/p>\n

Charities are constantly being set up in the name of\u00a0philanthropy\u00a0<\/em>when in fact they are just tax loopholes used to cement a given person’s name in history – and continue a lineage of tax evasion.<\/p>\n

I have a strong suspicion this is the reason that the Catholic Church, the wealth of which is not taxable, continues to flourish.<\/p>\n

It isn’t really about who you hate or don’t.<\/p>\n

You might be surprised to learn that David Koch – half of the tandem paramount in funding anti-gay propaganda<\/a> to the mostly poor Christian-identifying whites who make up the Tea Party is actually highly active in the philanthropic community<\/a>\u00a0and has strong connections to many members of the more suposedly\u00a0liberal institutions in America\u00a0<\/a>including, gasp, PBS.<\/p>\n

Useless tabloid elebrities are often referred to as being American royalty<\/em>.<\/p>\n

But they aren’t.<\/p>\n

The families telling them what to think are the real royalty – and these are\u00a0dynasties.<\/em><\/p>\n

Is it possible the lame spectacles that make up the cast of\u00a0Duck Dynasty\u00a0<\/em>believe they actually are one?<\/p>\n

I don’t doubt the ratings will go up.<\/p>\n

These people are espousing ignorant beliefs to the public, and profiting from them – although the profits are beyond miniscule to that of an actual dynasty.<\/p>\n

Nonetheless, they are behaving as one – but they’re delusional.<\/p>\n

The people in power are using the church to use culture to use people.<\/p>\n

All I know is that in order to gain a stronghold on the hunting accessory industry – and even have a chance at becoming a real dynasty – these stupid hillbillies are going to have to start playing their hatred a little closer to the vest.<\/p>\n

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