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  • Dale@lemmy.worldtoPolitical Memes@lemmy.world"Erased"
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    19 days ago

    It’s true that white is a made up term made to justify owning slaves and on that front it’s a meaningless way to group many different ethnicities. On the other hand as a white person I have to acknowledge that I am lumped in that group. I have privileges, and responsibilities because of it and there are social groups and spaces that are not for me. I can’t absolve myself of being white by saying white isn’t real.











  • This guy gets it. Top to bottom the entire system is designed to exploit workers. Little or no social safety net, worker protections, time off even for new mothers. We have a two party system and electoral college explicitly designed to veto inconvenient votes. Our public school system is designed to condition you to work on a factory floor with a bell telling you when and where to be. We have the largest prison population in the world because slavery is an acceptable “punishment.” All of it is kept running by an Enormous propaganda machine the very real threat of homelessness which most Americans are only a few missed paychecks away from.