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There have been countless corporations that are openly supporting BLM and pushing the "everything is about race" narrative because it is a distraction from the

There have been countless corporations that are openly supporting BLM and pushing the "everything is about race" narrative because it is a distraction from the increasing wealth inequality that has led to rising economic popularism, which has in the past helped candidates like donald trump or bernie sanders who the powers-to-be want to keep out of office.

sangnoir 5y ago
> There have been countless corporations that are openly supporting BLM and pushing the "everything is about race" I'm afraid that still doesn't answer my question. Corporations supporting BLM does not does not make "white working working class the villain and racists" unless you assume supporting black activists automatically pits you against white working class folk - and I disagree with this unstated assumption (if I'm parsing you correctly). I apologize if this is not the implied logic - and I ask that you break it down for me so I can understand, as briefly as you possibly can.
- barbacoa 5y ago
  >supporting black activists automatically pits you against white working class folk That does seem to be the perception. One of the core ideas of BLM is that we live in a systematic racist society. If that is true who are the perpetrators?
  - sangnoir 5y ago
    > That does seem to be the perception. Thank you for making this explicit. Thus we come full circle to culture wars - that's the only reason for this perception, IMO. From where I stand, culture wars are all about short-circuiting critical thinking and logical analysis, aiming straight to the emotional core - that is how sound-bytes like "kneeling is disrespecting the military/veterans" comes from - there's no sound logic, but it gets people going (I'm sure you can come up with examples used by the left). > One of the core ideas of BLM is that we live in a systematic racist society. If that is true who are the perpetrators? The system? It's paradoxic how a group can feel "left behind" or feel like "the forgotten" and simultaneously identify as part the system.

sangnoir 5y ago

> There have been countless corporations that are openly supporting BLM and pushing the "everything is about race" I'm afraid that still doesn't answer my question. Corporations supporting BLM does not does not make "white working working class the villain and racists" unless you assume supporting black activists automatically pits you against white working class folk - and I disagree with this unstated assumption (if I'm parsing you correctly). I apologize if this is not the implied logic - and I ask that you break it down for me so I can understand, as briefly as you possibly can.

barbacoa 5y ago
>supporting black activists automatically pits you against white working class folk That does seem to be the perception. One of the core ideas of BLM is that we live in a systematic racist society. If that is true who are the perpetrators?
- sangnoir 5y ago
  > That does seem to be the perception. Thank you for making this explicit. Thus we come full circle to culture wars - that's the only reason for this perception, IMO. From where I stand, culture wars are all about short-circuiting critical thinking and logical analysis, aiming straight to the emotional core - that is how sound-bytes like "kneeling is disrespecting the military/veterans" comes from - there's no sound logic, but it gets people going (I'm sure you can come up with examples used by the left). > One of the core ideas of BLM is that we live in a systematic racist society. If that is true who are the perpetrators? The system? It's paradoxic how a group can feel "left behind" or feel like "the forgotten" and simultaneously identify as part the system.