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> Daryl realized that most members of the KKK are down on their luck people who've been abused by the system for most of their lives. These people tend to look
by donmcronald 5y ago
> Daryl realized that most members of the KKK are down on their luck people who've been abused by the system for most of their lives. These people tend to look for scapegoats that they can rally their anger against. They have legitimate grievances that they channel into illegitimate beliefs, because of various failures of reasoning. These are not highly educated and powerful people with agendas.
I’ll take a pass on the political stuff, but this is similar to what Michael Moore was saying prior to the 2016 elections in the US. Paraphrasing, he said we were about to see how many upset, middle aged, white people feel like they’ve been disenfranchised because a lot of them would vote for Trump with the sentiment that if no one is trying to fix the system for them they figure it might as well be broken for everyone.
That was the first time I realized Trump might get elected. I understand the sentiment, but breaking the system completely will just make things worse for those people. Wealthy people can capitalize on instability. Poor people can’t.
- prohobo 5y agoExactly, Michael Moore was only wrong in that it wasn't just white people that ended up supporting Trump. This is fundamentally a class problem, not a racial thing. There are many reasonable people involved in this, and those are the people we should be focusing on. Seriously, unless you want more Trumpism then the valid issues need to be addressed.