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no wonder. those nice 1% distracted americans into a war of races (while we all agreed long that there is only one race it isn't the case anymore looking at fox

no wonder. those nice 1% distracted americans into a war of races (while we all agreed long that there is only one race it isn't the case anymore looking at fox, cnn, biden, paski, white and black racial movments,...). they did that right after occupy wall street. they understood that this movement was dangerous for them because targerting the right people responsible for the racism, inequalities and theft in western societies. and instead of fighting against us they just poured money into minority-based marketing so that now the goldman sachs of the world sponsor the gay pride and other minority movements to push the narrative that racism is because of the "way society is" hell they even call it "systemic racism" so that way it is something dumb that you name and never understand, hiding away the fact that those 1% are the one creating this system and profiting off it from every poor person and middle class in america. whatever their color.

toyg 5y ago
There is no direct link between civil-rights awareness increases and Occupy ending. Occupy simply ended like most cultural movements end: organizers were slowly coopted by the system, one way or the other, because people get old and settle down. In my 40+ years of life, I've seen multiple movements with similar themes emerge and subsume, they are like tidal waves. In many ways, they are just a path for certain personality types to carve their role in society. On the other hand, civil-rights advancements are a slow but well-rooted change in social attitudes. Because these ideas are not conflictual with capitalism (in fact they complement it, by expanding the market for goods and services to under-represented groups), they get swallowed and repackaged by the system, becoming mainstream.
- pdimitar 5y ago
  Which civil rights movements would you think can make a lasting change in this era?
  - toyg 5y ago
    It's hard to think of something completely new. I suspect we will see something that aims to reduce the influence of machines over humans, particularly in the workplace and/or around AI, because that balance is getting out of whack in ways that are becoming more and more difficult to ignore. It will be mixed with some anti-capitalist content; the system will discard the latter and coopt the former, somehow, in the same way it did with the sexual revolution and civil rights.
Rarebox 5y ago
There doesn't even have to be a conspiracy for this to occur. Companies always want to seem like the good guys, so they'll jump on any trend that doesn't hurt them. BLM, LGBTQ+ (), etc. are issues that companies don't have to lose anything to take part in. Advocating for (e.g.) unions is something the Amazons of the world don't want to promote. This creates bias on every level which suppresses topics that are inconvenient for the powers-at-be. People fighting over race is very convenient for the 0.01%, so no effort will be made to end that fight. ( Not that these aren't important, just that there are important issues that are not discussed on the same level.)
me_me_me 5y ago
also dont forget the 'global warming is because you dont recycle, shame on you avg joe, shame on you'
- effingwewt 5y ago
  Also water conservation. All the businesses shunt their responsibilities to the people as always.

toyg 5y ago

There is no direct link between civil-rights awareness increases and Occupy ending. Occupy simply ended like most cultural movements end: organizers were slowly coopted by the system, one way or the other, because people get old and settle down. In my 40+ years of life, I've seen multiple movements with similar themes emerge and subsume, they are like tidal waves. In many ways, they are just a path for certain personality types to carve their role in society. On the other hand, civil-rights advancements are a slow but well-rooted change in social attitudes. Because these ideas are not conflictual with capitalism (in fact they complement it, by expanding the market for goods and services to under-represented groups), they get swallowed and repackaged by the system, becoming mainstream.

pdimitar 5y ago
Which civil rights movements would you think can make a lasting change in this era?
- toyg 5y ago
  It's hard to think of something completely new. I suspect we will see something that aims to reduce the influence of machines over humans, particularly in the workplace and/or around AI, because that balance is getting out of whack in ways that are becoming more and more difficult to ignore. It will be mixed with some anti-capitalist content; the system will discard the latter and coopt the former, somehow, in the same way it did with the sexual revolution and civil rights.

Rarebox 5y ago

There doesn't even have to be a conspiracy for this to occur. Companies always want to seem like the good guys, so they'll jump on any trend that doesn't hurt them. BLM, LGBTQ+ (), etc. are issues that companies don't have to lose anything to take part in. Advocating for (e.g.) unions is something the Amazons of the world don't want to promote. This creates bias on every level which suppresses topics that are inconvenient for the powers-at-be. People fighting over race is very convenient for the 0.01%, so no effort will be made to end that fight. ( Not that these aren't important, just that there are important issues that are not discussed on the same level.)

me_me_me 5y ago

also dont forget the 'global warming is because you dont recycle, shame on you avg joe, shame on you'

effingwewt 5y ago
Also water conservation. All the businesses shunt their responsibilities to the people as always.