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These things are unsurprising given the state of the middle class in the US. It’s no different than why hitler rose to power and scape goated the Jews. When p

These things are unsurprising given the state of the middle class in the US. It’s no different than why hitler rose to power and scape goated the Jews. When people are stretched thin the ugliest in them comes out and opportunistic “leaders” have exploited that for centuries. You want to fix racism but you’re putting the cart before the horse. Fix the staggering wealth inequality first before you even think about having hope of addressing stereotyping and racism. Downvote me all you want, but this is history. I’m not saying racism isn’t real, it’s very real and very ugly. It’s part of human nature to stereotype others, just as it’s human nature to fight and hoard resources. We have to combat these innate tendencies as a community by FIRST ensuring that all our people have the ability to live comfortably. The unfortunate reality for most marginalized communities in the US is that they simply don’t have the time to sit and wait for the economic policies to shift back to favoring the middle class. They have to act now.

loopz 6y ago
Many of us have been warning of this for some time. There are similar problems in Europe, but not so culturally extreme. Due to local history, the blindspots are not so prevalent and populists tend to go away. What is most disconcerning though, is US people seeming to vote against their own interests. Maybe a third party instead of co-opting those who clearly don't have your own interest at heart. But then we see the predicament since the system/culture/billionaires don't support more parties and hard compromises.
- ryandrake 6y ago
  > What is most disconcerning though, is US people seeming to vote against their own interests. They are voting against their own economic interests, but clearly there are other non-economic interests that are more important to them in play here.
  - loopz 6y ago
    We see how loyalty is rewarded in the end game though. People might think they're being smart while being duped into wishful thinking. Just for someone else to get into the next leveraged position to sink everyone around them, in order to "win". A political platform would be able to reason and explain projects using facts and figures.
tolbish 6y ago
There is a difference between "racism exists" and "white supremacists are rife within law enforcement and political leaders". We are seeing the culmination of that going unaddressed for decades.
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loopz 6y ago

Many of us have been warning of this for some time. There are similar problems in Europe, but not so culturally extreme. Due to local history, the blindspots are not so prevalent and populists tend to go away. What is most disconcerning though, is US people seeming to vote against their own interests. Maybe a third party instead of co-opting those who clearly don't have your own interest at heart. But then we see the predicament since the system/culture/billionaires don't support more parties and hard compromises.

ryandrake 6y ago
> What is most disconcerning though, is US people seeming to vote against their own interests. They are voting against their own economic interests, but clearly there are other non-economic interests that are more important to them in play here.
- loopz 6y ago
  We see how loyalty is rewarded in the end game though. People might think they're being smart while being duped into wishful thinking. Just for someone else to get into the next leveraged position to sink everyone around them, in order to "win". A political platform would be able to reason and explain projects using facts and figures.

tolbish 6y ago

There is a difference between "racism exists" and "white supremacists are rife within law enforcement and political leaders". We are seeing the culmination of that going unaddressed for decades.

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