Career Prole's Journal - I never wanted this, but

I've realized finally (and this jerk sure helped towards that realization) that it's time for me to define myself by my class rather than by things that apparently don't matter anymore (such as citizenship of a state or country) and things that never should have mattered (such as race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, etc. ad nauseum.)

I am lunch-bucket toting working class.

That's who I am now, and as such I have more in common with

and feel more kinship for

and owe more allegiance to

any other working class individual of any race, any creed, or any country than I do with the Hiltons or Waltons or Trumps or bushes of my native land.

I didn't want to see class war tearing us apart. Hell, my first job out of high school was the U.S. Navy. I've always considered myself a good American. I loved my country. I helped fight her wars, I paid her taxes, and I obeyed her laws.

Now this bastard George Buckley, CEO of 3M comes along and says

"All of us acknowledge we're collectively making the situation worse, but I think the first responsibility we have as leaders of companies is to make sure that we ensure the health and survival of our own companies first, not necessarily other people's companies, or, for that matter, the whole U.S. economy."

and my country grants him a much bigger, much louder voice in her government than I will ever have. I was told by more than a few people on the thread featuring the above quote that I made too much of his words...that the poor fella is only doing what he has to do so he and his company can survive.

Well then, so am I, friends...so am I.