"Everyone Gets a Trophy"

I could be wrong, but I don't think so.

(Actually, I've been wrong twice so far this year.  The first time I was really right when thought I was wrong...)

Anyway, I could be wrong, but I think this whole "woke" catsafterme agenda inflicting our society today like a pandemic started a generation or so ago when Progressive pukes grown up on pre-woke pabulum began demanding that every kid in an athletic competition get a trophy.  Whether his team won or not.  Sort of a "participation trophy," they called it.  Sort of like getting a trophy just for showing up.

For that's exactly what it was.  Remember Woody Allen's admonition?  "90% of life's just showin' up."  It appears that's the life those now in charge prefer...

That "everyone gets a trophy" tag line got little kids used to the idea of coming home with a prize, even when their performance sucked.  Ergo, they don't have to try.  As in, why sweat when you don't have to?  And there's a whole lot of non-sweaters occupying positions of power in our Government.  I could start with the crustly old goat rambling around the Rose Garden.

That's now morphed via the wet dreams of the Leftoid "Wokesters" of our society into "equity;" everybody not only gets noticed for participating, everybody must WIN!

Now, that's hard to do.  And in truth, the only way to accomplish it is to micro-manage input; tilt the rules or the playing field in favor of one person or one team or another in an effort to achieve a desired outcome. 

BTW, that's the very definition of Marxism. 

Example?  Sure.  One of the first Executive Orders our Aged Squinter issued in the first days of his Presidency was to try and give Black southern farmers with FDA loans a 120% "rebate" on their "investment."  Sooooo, if our theoretical Black farmer had borrowed $1,000,000 under the guarantee of the Feds, then he'd get a check for $1,200,000.  And owe nothing.  Of course, a Federal judge smacked him across the face with a restraining order; No Go Joe.  Seems somebody forgot to tell Joe that this E.O. was blatantly and obviously unconstitutional and racist and discriminatory.  But hey, if you can buy votes and get away with it, why not?

No wonder Joe graduated well toward the bottom of his law class.

And then there's the fiasco over the moratorium on rents.  The E.O. stating you didn't have to pay your landlord was due to run out at the end of July.  The "Squad" in Congress starting chirping to Joe that he should just unilaterally extend it...again.  He checked with his legal beagles and then told him no way, no how; couldn't do it.  So he just went away and did it anyway.  He extended the moratorium for 4 more months.  And, in order to get any sort of Federal help at all, the landlord must first get the renter to initiate the paperwork.  Which they have absolutely no reason to do.  I guess he figured there are more renters than there are landlords.  

So back to "trophy."  Imagine growing up today.  You're expected to try, but not necessarily too hard.  If you succeed, they'll take your first born.  And if you fail, they'll give you whatever you might need of OPM: Other Peoples' Money...