Thread by @TheValuesVoter

I maintain that one of the biggest problems America has is the brat problem. We are home to a lot of brats, of all ages, who throw temper tantrums when they don't get their way.

And they think they're supposed to get their way because they're special. More special than others.

Brats can't tell the difference between an inconvenience and tyranny. Because, in the brat's world view, being asked to do something that they don't want to do, no matter what the reason, is just an unthinkable tragedy.

Dra-ma!

Brats throw hissy fits when they get asked to do things like wear a mask or get vaccinated to prevent the further spread of a deadly airborne virus. They step over the bodies of the dead to ask to speak to the manager and say "how DARE you tell ME what to do? The NERVE!"

Brats hate it when they don't get their way in democracy as well. If the majority of the public didn't vote the same way they did, they think something went wrong. Because they're supposed to get their way. That's the way it's been like since for-ever!

When democracy gives a result they dislike, it's time to check into those inner cities and see what must have gone wrong there. Because, while everybody's equal, that doesn't mean equal, equal. I mean, don't you get extra points for your lineage or something?

And when you think of who some of the brats admire the most, it turns out that they really like other brats who happened to have made it big. Think about Trump. Tucker Carlson. Marjorie Taylor-Greene. Matt Gaetz. People who never really had to be inconvenienced much in life.

And to the brat, any denial or even deferral of instant gratification and immediate access to whatever state of being they desire to inhabit is a form of totally unfair punishment. It's like communism or something. Sooo unfair. And they're not gonna take it anymore!

Brats come in all ages and in all other demographics as well. But they share a common belief that the world revolves around them and around whatever it is that they want. Rules are really meant for the other folks who aren't as blessed. Sacrifices aren't really their thing.

Some brats think that the reason they DESERVE all of these things and why things are wrong when they don't get them is because they're inherently blessed. Happiness is their birthright. If life doesn't turn out perfectly all the time, it's definitely somebody else's fault.

The middle letter of the word "sin" is "I."