Doug Baldwin Comments on Donald Trump's Election, Inequality and More

Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Doug Baldwin took to Twitter on Monday to express his thoughts on the presidential election along with a handful of problems he perceives across the United States.

After explaining how he lost faith in the political system as he grew into adulthood, Baldwin discussed his problems with inequality in the country:

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It goes far beyond racism in my eyes. Because if the slave owners were black and the slaves were white, we'd probably have the same issues. When you pull back the layers of inequality, it exposes classism. One class wants to oppress another class in order to maintain/gain power. Classism is the number one enemy to democracy. And in America it is destroying the American dream. But we the people allow it.

We allow it by being uninformed. By being uneducated. And that is what the 1% of the 1% want us to be. Ignorant to the facts. The fact is that we are not currently living in a democracy. The fact is that the 1% of the 1% buy politicians and write policies. They control the gathering/distribution of wealth and power by distracting us with the importance of keeping up with the Kardashians.

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Baldwin offered more thoughts on his Twitter account.

He also called Donald Trump's victory in the presidential election "disheartening" on Wednesday, per Sheil Kapadia of ESPN.com.

"It was rough," the receiver said. "I held out hope for a long time, but unfortunately, it didn't go the way that I thought it was going to go."

The Stanford graduate has not been afraid to speak his mind this season, defending San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick's choice to kneel during the national anthem in a series of tweets in September.

Baldwin, whose father was an officer in the Pensacola Police Department in Florida before he joined the Department of Homeland Security, has also called for attorneys general in each state to review their policing policies.

The 28-year-old is in his sixth season in the NFL after joining the Seahawks as an undrafted free agent in 2011. He tied for the NFL lead with 14 receiving touchdowns in 2015.

"I want my children to live in a world/country that is better than what we currently live in," Baldwin tweeted to cap his thoughts Monday. "And I don't think that's too much to ask."