Oof, picking the lesser of two evils feels like trying to choose a snack at the dentist’s office 😬
Yadahoom on
*What the Republicans are doing right now* vs *literally any other option that exists*
king_of_the_nothing on
If you think the pain will be limited to minorities, you are either very optimistic or terribly naive.
_jjkase on
But how am i supposed to feel superior to anyone if the rising tide lifts *all* boats?
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ClickyClacker on
I know a lot of people who won’t support something unless it directly and specifically benefits themselves.
The “What about me” mindset is timeless
RepresentativeAge444 on
White supremacy is deranged. Here is why.
So at one time there was the rich elite and then indentured servants (poor Europeans), then slaves. The concept of being “white” wasn’t a thing”. However the elite began to worry that they didn’t have the numbers. That is that one day the indentured servants and slaves may overthrow them. So what to do what to do. Ahhh well the indentured servants looked like them! So what you do is you give them separate privileges. You make them feel like they’re more like you than the slaves. Because of this thing called skin color. You can eventually get them to align more with you so much they’ll be willing to die in a Civil War to protect your right to own slaves! As long as you can feel “superior” because you share the same skin color as the elites – even if you’re dirt poor.
And so it’s been through the history of America. Rich whites make poor whites think they’re on the same side even though they’re being oppressed too. But as long as they’re not n!ggers it’s ok. It’s why all of the red states have the worst outcomes in poverty healthcare etc and are full of dirt poor whites who vote Republican generation after generation. It’s why deaths of despair have skyrocketed in white males.
It’s why LBJ said if you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell give him someone to look down on and he’ll empty his pockets for you. And he was from Texas in the early 1900s so I think he knew something about racism.
See the secret is that white supremacy was never meant to make all whites elite. It was meant to drive a wedge between the white lower class and all others except the white upper class. They’re it’s rabbid buffer.
Kirk was just another in a long line of billionaire backed mouthpieces sent to scapegoat other groups- blacks, Muslims, trans people, the woke, migrants etc etc. Anyone but the actual people stealing from them. And that’s the real reason they want to make a martyr out of an unremarkable person. In fact Charlie hated poor whites because he lied to them about the source of their plight.
Dumb white people propagandized for generations has lead this country to the precipice.
SpecialistSquash2321 on
Someone once asked to name something good about the democrats. Among other things, I listed them being pro-choice.
They disagreed with everything else, but for pro-choice they said “I’ll give you that one, but it’s for the wrong reasons.”
I asked what they thought the wrong reasons were.
They said, “feminism.”
🥲
lnfIation on
Not so fun fact is many of the social services they are cutting are primarily used by Trump supporters.
So it’s not just minorities, they are basically causing pain to themselves too.
MarkDoner on
But I heard that both sides are the same 🙄
Specialist_Lock8590 on
Make America (1930’s) Germany Again!
RashRenegade on
The biggest problem with Democrats is they are also beholden to shareholders and CEOs more than they are their constituents. That’s a very big problem, but that’s also about where the similarities between the left and right end.
SayVandalay on
Don’t forget the “I vote for Jill Stein” and the “I couldn’t bring myself to vote because my freedom to not vote will help Gaza” crowds. These voters also helped create the current mess.
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Oof, picking the lesser of two evils feels like trying to choose a snack at the dentist’s office 😬
*What the Republicans are doing right now* vs *literally any other option that exists*
If you think the pain will be limited to minorities, you are either very optimistic or terribly naive.
But how am i supposed to feel superior to anyone if the rising tide lifts *all* boats?
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I know a lot of people who won’t support something unless it directly and specifically benefits themselves.
The “What about me” mindset is timeless
White supremacy is deranged. Here is why.
So at one time there was the rich elite and then indentured servants (poor Europeans), then slaves. The concept of being “white” wasn’t a thing”. However the elite began to worry that they didn’t have the numbers. That is that one day the indentured servants and slaves may overthrow them. So what to do what to do. Ahhh well the indentured servants looked like them! So what you do is you give them separate privileges. You make them feel like they’re more like you than the slaves. Because of this thing called skin color. You can eventually get them to align more with you so much they’ll be willing to die in a Civil War to protect your right to own slaves! As long as you can feel “superior” because you share the same skin color as the elites – even if you’re dirt poor.
And so it’s been through the history of America. Rich whites make poor whites think they’re on the same side even though they’re being oppressed too. But as long as they’re not n!ggers it’s ok. It’s why all of the red states have the worst outcomes in poverty healthcare etc and are full of dirt poor whites who vote Republican generation after generation. It’s why deaths of despair have skyrocketed in white males.
https://www.ajmc.com/view/high-rates-of-deaths-of-despair-observed-among-white-americans
It’s why LBJ said if you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell give him someone to look down on and he’ll empty his pockets for you. And he was from Texas in the early 1900s so I think he knew something about racism.
See the secret is that white supremacy was never meant to make all whites elite. It was meant to drive a wedge between the white lower class and all others except the white upper class. They’re it’s rabbid buffer.
Kirk was just another in a long line of billionaire backed mouthpieces sent to scapegoat other groups- blacks, Muslims, trans people, the woke, migrants etc etc. Anyone but the actual people stealing from them. And that’s the real reason they want to make a martyr out of an unremarkable person. In fact Charlie hated poor whites because he lied to them about the source of their plight.
Dumb white people propagandized for generations has lead this country to the precipice.
Someone once asked to name something good about the democrats. Among other things, I listed them being pro-choice.
They disagreed with everything else, but for pro-choice they said “I’ll give you that one, but it’s for the wrong reasons.”
I asked what they thought the wrong reasons were.
They said, “feminism.”
🥲
Not so fun fact is many of the social services they are cutting are primarily used by Trump supporters.
So it’s not just minorities, they are basically causing pain to themselves too.
But I heard that both sides are the same 🙄
Make America (1930’s) Germany Again!
The biggest problem with Democrats is they are also beholden to shareholders and CEOs more than they are their constituents. That’s a very big problem, but that’s also about where the similarities between the left and right end.
Don’t forget the “I vote for Jill Stein” and the “I couldn’t bring myself to vote because my freedom to not vote will help Gaza” crowds. These voters also helped create the current mess.