Leviathan Coerces Dependency- A Case Study: Ash Country - Granite Grok

Leviathan Coerces Dependency- A Case Study: Ash Country

It’s getting harder and harder to hide. Leviathan’s hungry, as always, and becoming more brash. It’s not going to sit idle doing nothing, that’s the plebe’s job. No, it must eat. It has ambitions. It’s going to slide its tendrils over farms, through fields, down main street, into shops, and homes of the individuals with the sole purpose of slaying the independent nature and enslaving the free.

Case in point: Leviathan’s quest to crush “mountain pride” in Ash County, North Carolina. This story aired last week on Fox as a part of a larger series entitled “The Great Food Stamp Binge”. In short, Ash County didn’t have enough people on food stamps. The government didn’t like that. The USDA gave an award to a “social worker” for changing that. Full video below, the relevant text of the transcript follows (emphasis mine).

As the federal government sees it, “mountain pride” is a problem.

The government keeps track of how many people in an area are eligible for food stamps and how many signed up for benefits. When a place, like Ash County, stands out with an unexpectedly high number of residents refusing food stamps, a network of social service types from local state and federal governments and non-profits too springs into action.

A local social services worker, partly funded by a USDA grant, figured out that while folks here value their self reliance too much to actually accept government money for groceries, they would accept it to buy seeds to plant int their gardens

Temptation by using seeds in a garden.  So reminiscent of the temptation by using an apple in a garden.  Hmmm… that rings a bell…

… that proved to be the opening that everyone was looking for. In just a year, according to the government, food stamp participation jumped 10 % in Ash County. And that was just the beginning.

Folks here eventually became more open to other forms of government aid as well.

The social worker that thought this up got an award at the SNAP convention (yeah, that’s not a waste).

The citation applauded the very important strategy in counteracting what they described as “mountain pride”.

(Applauding “counteracting…mountain pride”!?  Ugh, I’ve got bile in my mouth.  What refuse.)

The interview went on, “What would the consequence be if “mountain pride” were broken,” he asked a local. The local responded, “well it’s showing up in the work force. I know one particular saw mill that has two mills, and he can’t run one because he can’t get enough help.” He goes on, “restaurants are having problems getting waitresses. People are becoming used to getting something for nothing.”

Rugged individualism to decadent existentialism. The Democrat progressive way. Pathetic and infuriating.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U-Oi-vuK8UU&list=PLu9f0elebjVIFX7LUZ_s9IemM5WhwbLGb&feature=player_detailpage

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