The Truth of The Tyranny: Part 1

There's this ongoing hatred of the Quixtar business, seething lips, cynical posts, blogs and stories spring up daily. One day, it's a college student, the next day, it's a lonely housewife. I've noticed a pattern with all of them: None of them have an understanding of the real world. All of them have attitudes remeniscent of the common LJer, all magnets for attention, all looking for sympathy. I've noticed that nothing is ever their fault. They are the victims. They are the hapless heroes who can do no wrong. If it's not Quixtar screwing them over, it's their parents. If it's not their parents, it's their friends. If it's not their friends, it's the convenient religion of the day. If it's not the religion, it's the government. If it's not the government, it's the world. Every post is either dreamy, derisive or depressive. Every response is (and I was just talking about this with my girlfriend, last night) "*hug*" or "Dear, I'm so sorry :(" or "I'm here if you need me" or "I love you." And all of these responses are well and good, but the nature of them, the reason for them is the questionable thing. The writers, the columnists, all of them crave these responses. For whatever reason, they need them. They need to see people offering shoulders of sympathy and so they find every reason to play the victim or "the-guy-who's-pissed-off(tm)." And so, whenever I read these nasty anti-Quixtar rants, I have to read them through the eye of the filter. Just who is writing this essay? Who is this person and how do they see the world?

And so, withought anymore sidenote, I present the truth of the tyranny of that which is Quixtar.

When people bash Quixtar, they always write around one solid issue. That issue is either the religion of those within Quixtar, the political views of those within Quixtar, the opposition of a job by those within Quixtar, and/or The "Tools System" of an organization of people within Quixtar. Now, before I continue, when I say "within Quixtar," what I mean is that these people purchased a Quixtar number and sell Quixtar products. That's it.

Now, right now I'm even being lenient because only one of those topics mentioned above should be considered a prominant issue. All of the otheres merely support the fact. Not the fact that Quixtar is bad (actually none of the topics support that) but that these people, for whatever reason, hate it enough to write about why they hate it. There are plenty of these supporting topics that I won't get into because that's not the most mentioned tyranny of Quixtar so let's get the ones mentioned out of the way.

When one brings up the topic of religion, what they're refering to is the overwhelmingly Christian atmosphere. It's not an in-your-face atmosphere; nobody forces their Christianity on you. But often times a business meeting or seminar will open up in prayer and often times someone will refer to the blessings of God in their business. So when somebody writes about this being a problem they have, they are saying a few things about themselves.

1) They have a serious problem with Christianity, to the point that you can't mention God's name in front of them without them being offended.

2) They lack the attitude of respect, caring only about themselves and not those around them. This respect includes someone's religion, even when it is not causing harm to anyone else.

3) They have a perverbial stick up their ass. (This can be equated to number 1)

Now, these are simplified observations that envelope many others. I could list them all but all others would inherently fall into any of these three key observations, so I won't. What I will point out is that anyone in this category deserves neither your time, nor attention. They suffer from spoiled-brat syndrome and should be kept in a cold, dark cellar until they grow up.

When one brings up the topic of political views, they almost always note that everyone in the business is obviously a Republican, and they say it in such a way that this is somehow a bad thing. Ever done a poll on how many Democrats vs how many Republicans own businesses? The answer may shock you! Most businesses are owned by Republicans because Republicans tend to lean to the Conservative viewpoint that states "A worker is worthy of his wages" whereas most Democrats line with Liberal viewpoints that point to the government as the answer to all of your financial problems. (thus the extension of unemployment and welfare) So if you go to a business meeting full of business people, of course there's going to be a great majority of Republicans there. Unlike Democrats, Republicans don't sit on their hands waiting for "get out of work free" coupons.

I don't know what it is, but there seems to be an unnatural, unhealthy hatred of Republicans by Democrats. I'm not saying that Republicans love Democrats. I'm simply saying that if a Republican were to walk into a business meeting about a business opportunity, he wouldn't care what the political stratum of the meeting room was. If the business is sound, go for it. But with a Democrat, heaven forbid there be Republicans in a business meeting! All information is imediately void! Don't listen to that incredibly successful businessman on stage. He's a Republican! It's like a twisted sort of racism or politicism or something. I don't know. What I do know is that the arguement, or the idea of an arguement that Quixtar is essentially bad because it's downright full of Republicans is both silly and irrelevant. And anyone who argues this point not only loses all of their credibility, they should be thrown in the cellar with brat-boy.

The only topic I can sympathize with and understand is the Job arguement. A lot of meetings preach the abandonment or opposition of a "Job Lifestyle." I agree with this idea, but I also understand and support those who do not agree. Not everyone is a business-oriented person. Not everyone can run their own business. It's a mindset sort of thing. It's the same reason as why not everyone is a born leader. Some people follow. That's OK. That's why free-market Capitalism works, because there's always going to be more employees than there will be employers. The problem with using this arguement to slam Quixtar, however, is that there are still leaders and business-oriented people who do not want a job and are doing everything in their power to create their own business so they won't have to work for someone else, under the hours set by someone else ever again. That's not a bad thing. That's a good thing. That's progressivism in the works. That's our God-given confidence in action. Where would we be today if Bill Gates had stayed in College and gotten a job for someone else for the rest of his life? Where would we be today if nobody had the mindset to go out and start their own business for other people to work for and provide for their families? I tell you, it scares me to even imagine America as another Communist Welfare State. So when I hear someone preaching the enterprise of businessbuilding to aspiring employees, I salute them and those who have the heart to listen. The American Dream was never about a job. It was about a business and that's the way it should be.

So knocking those out, only one remains and it is truly the problem everyone has. Unfortunately, it'll have to wait for my next rant because this has gone long enough.

Consider Chaper 1 of The Truth of The Tyranny complete.