Note: USAA (United Services Automobile Association) is a membership based insurance company begun in the 1920s by a group of Army officers. Over the decades they grew considerably and branched out into financial services. Some type of military association is required to be a member and they developed a deserved reputation for integrity and service. Sadly, their reputation has been slowly declining over the past few years to the point they traded quality and service for volume and greed; USAA is now indistinguishable from any quasi-legitimate financial or insurance conglomerate, and indeed fares poorly among the lower end of that spectrum. In June of 2020 the new CEO, the first one to have never served in the military, decided he wanted to offer up USAA to the gods of wokeness, so to speak. I posted an article at the time (http://conservativeproletariat.com/?p=603), and below is a follow-up that I posted on their in-house member’s community forum.
George Floyd was killed during an encounter with police in Minneapolis in May 2020. Floyd was a lifelong criminal, mostly petty and drug offenses but with a little bit of violence. Nevertheless, the events of that fateful day did not involve a running gun battle or anything of that sort, rather he was being arrested for another suspected petty offense, and was fully contained when a rather brutish police officer decided kneeling on his neck seemed like a good idea; this was the major contributing cause to his death. Pretty much anyone seeing the video could not feel disturbed, and for a brief moment we, as a nation, could have unified around this sad event, searched our consciences, and used what transpired for constructive change. This did not happen.
There were elements among the privileged that viewed the death of Floyd not as doleful and tragic, but as an opportunity, a chance for enhanced wealth and power. The main player was a group called “Black Lives Matter,” but many self-serving politicians and racialist activists/celebrities saw an opening for further profit and fame. In fact, there quickly developed a “social justice” bandwagon, and some of the wealthiest and most elite in the corporate world decided to hop on. This included Wayne Peacock, the CEO of USAA, and the ovine and avaricious Board of Directors. A month or so after Floyd’s death Peacock issued a manifesto of sorts, with an almost a religious tone, in which the sins of America were great, but he was among the handful of enlightened ones who could lead the USAA membership into the shiny new world of wokeness. His thoughts and observations were sophomoric at best, as if he cut and pasted clichés from a term paper of a privileged student at a private academy writing about personal angst associated with “white privilege.”
Alfred Finocchiaro
This needs to be seen by more people. Some will understand and get it. The rest will digest their cool aid.
Carole Ann Milljour
Hi Reid, I finally had the chance to read through your entire article. You did a fantastic job, as per usual, describing everything in detail what exactly is happening in and around this great nation. I was wondering how I would respond, there have been so many black children murdered for no reason except love of violence, destruction and hate by just plain evil doers. I know there are more good people in this country than bad, but all good people need to do what they can to stop this crazy outbreak of disaster at every level. Everywhere you look, something bad is happening because of the lies and deceit on the left. They avoid issues like yours by creating another scenario to take its place just to get away from the disgrace of what they're doing; and they all have the same agenda, take over by their corruption and greed. Same old saying, "The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil, is that good men do nothing." The sad thing about standing up against this pathetic display of power, is that the innocent suffers at their hands oftentimes when they do. As a nation, I would hope more people would come together.... when one person stands alone against many, they are pretty much doomed to fail; but when the masses stand together, power to overcome all odds is much in their favor. I know a lot is going on behind the scenes and pretty much it all costs money. I hate to think that money is the only way to get rid of the socialist/communist agendas; and I know we need defense mechanisms to succeed, however, I think the greater power to destroy this evil is through prayer and sacrifice. When the greater good is at stake, our "One Nation, Under God" suggests to me at least, that prayer and sacrifice are our best defense, and the greatest power to overcome all adversity. With God at the helm, how can we do anything but succeed.
Well, Reid, I am very anxious to read your next post. ...I'm sure it will be another in depth look at what is happening in this great country of ours. Biden certainly leaves the door wide open for more conservative views. God Bless America! Still land of the free and home of the brave!
eetkamer
The organizations also sent Kempczinski an open letter expressing outrage at his texts and asking him to meet with employees and community members within seven days. The letter called his comments “ignorant, racist and unacceptable coming from anyone, let alone the CEO of McDonald’s, a company that spends big to market to communities of color and purports to stand with Black lives.”
Alfred
The sky is falling! People go crazy in mass and com to sanity one at a time. The odds don't look good.