Steve Beaman, CEO of Alterna Group
In an age of anger, truth is rarely a currency. Emotions are. And there are few feelings that are advantageous over vy hope.
Today, politicians are not trying to solve the problem. They are trying to keep them. They learned that responsiveness is better than the outcome. And they keep blowing fires and building what I call jealous economy. Let’s be clear: this is nothing new. I’ve seen this script before.
In the Soviet Union, they promised equality and delivered gulags. In Cuba, they promised justice, bringing poverty and oppression. North Korea has established complete control behind the scenes of “fairness.” Venezuela has gone from being oil-rich and under the flag of redistribution to poor people in Breadlines. And now, the same story is creeping into American politics. It starts with a speech.
A sermon to fulfill fierce wealth from sophisticated politicians who claim to hate the rich… cashing out donor checks and flying privately. Bernie Sanders has three homes and has a net worth of over $3 million. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez has changed “Tax the Rich” into a product line. Nancy Pelosi trades stocks at better times than most hedge funds. These people are not anti-capitalists. They are anti-competitive. They are not fighting for the poor. They are fighting for control. They do not provide a solution, they provide an enemy. They do not inspire ambitions, they misuse res. And it works.
Young voters, especially millennials and Gen Z, grew up in a world where opportunities often feel out of reach under debt, wage pressures and institutional failure. Instead of teaching them to stand up, politicians tell them to be angry. Instead of showing them how to build wealth, they are told to hate those who already have it. What remains is a generation that has been groomed for protest, not prosperity.
But here is the truth that even America today “unfair, inequality, unjust” would like to acknowledge. Our poor people can access food, medicine, smartphones, air conditioners and relative safety. In North Korea, people eat grass. In Venezuela, they eat zoo animals.
In Western society, poverty is a condition. In a failed socialist system, it is a statement. The real disparity in our culture is not left to the right. It’s a distraction. It’s freedom and control. Picture circle: freedom at the top, tyranny at the bottom. Both political extremes, right or left, line up downwards with authoritarianism. The true battle is whether we stand up towards personal responsibility and opportunity, or whether we fall into controlled dependence and collective bitterness. And here is the glyft: if the problem is resolved, these politicians will lose their power.
So they don’t solve them. They just write more emails. They cash in more checks. They post more clips. They stir the pan…and tell you that you are a victim of someone else’s success. But don’t buy it. Because when you hate success, you kill ambition. When you resent the rich, you close your mind to building wealth. When you vote from je, you often oppose your own future.
The good news is: You are not helpless. You were just told you are – by people who are paid when you believe it. You have a heart. voice. skill. vision. You don’t need permission to stand up. You need the courage to ignore the noise and get to work. vy rejects wish. I’ll get the agent back.
Je’s economy is not just exploiting your frustration, so it steals your future.
