Music Video Monday: Young Cons

A few weeks ago, I saw this video on the Huffington Post with a notice that this was not a satire, even though liberals might think of it as such. However, its hard not to view it as satire, because its downright hilarious. It proves to me how disconnected conservatives are from their ideology and history. The reason it's not satire is because the white rappers are earnest in their viewpoints. Meaning...they actually believe the shit they are rapping about! This is like basic Conservative-ology 101...with references to Ronald Reagan (who has pretty much become the god of the Republican Party) and Ayn Rand (why do conservatives love to quote her novel The Fountainhead?).

Why I find this rap funny is because conservatives were the ones who fought racial integration in the 1950s and 1960s. They fight change at every step of the way. Yet, today's conservatives don't seem to understand the history of their movement. That's because today's young conservatives, who were born in the Reagan years or afterwards, grew up in a racially integrated society. They probably listened to rap music like the Beastie Boys, Eminem, LL Cool J, Run DMC, and DJ Jazzy Jeff and the Fresh Prince. The previous generation of conservatives saw black/urban culture as a blight on society. Not so the younger generation. These young conservative rappers are clearly comfortable in their rhythms. Watching them "act black", I couldn't help but wonder what the older generation of conservatives (those who reacted against the LBJ Great Society program and the liberal and hippie excesses of the 1960s) think of this newer generation of conservatives "acting black"? Do they see it as the ultimate victory of liberalism's crusade towards racial integration?

I've said before that conservative ideology is always on the losing side of history. They fight changes all the way, but they never seem to be able to stop change from occuring. That's because history moves. Life is about progress. People who want to stay the same as their ancestors fall into the margins of society (such as the Amish, who still live like its 1799).

Watching these young conservatives rap their ideology, I can't help but wonder what tomorrow's conservatives will fight against. Abortion is probably the only issue that will never die for this group, but you can bet that they'll probably accept gay marriages as a fact of life (society is moving towards tolerance, not exclusion).

Enjoy the video!