Letter to the editor about Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. – Fillmore County Journal

To the Editor,

Weve got the Democrats, who are saying youre just going to have to suffer because you should have recognized that they were right and done whatever they say; and you have the Republicans, who are saying you should suffer because you deserve to because if you didnt deserve to suffer you wouldnt be suffering, you dumb cluck.

How did we get here?

You see, ever since Reagan theres been this weird philosophy thats crept into almost every nook and cranny of American life. Its called Objectivism, and it was started by doorstop-sized-book-writer Ayn Rand, who literally wrote that selfishness was a virtue. She believed that there should only be one rule, that you do what is best for you and to heck with everyone else.

Somehow, this person became the person we decided to base our society around. Not Jesus, not George Washington, not even Johnny Appleseed. Why? Because it tells the rich people that they deserve to be rich, and its okay that they literally had to destroy millions of lives to get there. This way of thinking is sick, but thankfully we dont have to let it rule us any longer. We must look out for each other, take care of each other, and most of all pursue systems and government that will do the same, instead of continuing down this path of every person for themselves.

Eric Leitzen

Hokah, Minn.

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Letter to the editor about Clowns to the left of me, jokers to the right. - Fillmore County Journal