Black and white photo of a Black erson with a protest sign hanging from their neck that says:
THE SYSTEM WAS NEVER BROKEN IT WAS BUILT THIS WAY
this post was submitted on 05 Aug 2023
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I fully sympathize with the feeling of this image, but I also disagree. I have built many things before where I think "wow this could not be more perfect", only to later find many flaws I didnt even see or thought about, and reali,e it was actually very poorly designed. Yes, the system was built this way, but I dont think those that built it this way expected it to be exactly like this. Sure, some aspects were designed maliciously, and we are DEFINETLY overdue on reforms, but like the old adage that is Hanlon's razor says, "Never attribute to malice that which is adequately explained by stupidity". That being said, those that directly oppose progress are a problem and we should be banding together to run them right through.
Still supporting reform of the system is directly opposing progress.
There is no reforming of capitalism, it relies on exploitation and bigotry too exist, the fact that it evolves to fit the times doesn't change that.
also I understand it is a well known saying, but it is an ableist one, please avoid it in the future.
I should have seen this comming, the image and message are too vague. I wasn't even thinking of capitalism but rather social injustice and racial disparity. The "golden era" of the U.S. even with a 90% tax to the wealthy was the same time that Jim Crow laws were a thing. And before we talk about how capitalism IS the cause of these issues, lets remember social disparity exists since the dawn of civilization, and socialist heavens practice overt racism too (e.g. Europe v. Roma people). Not a defense of capitalism by the way, the ultra wealthy and the elite can all go die in mars for all I care, in this case we just interpreted things differently. The message still stands though, and I will stand with it.
But no matterhow uncomfortable you are discussing it, capitalism (and before it feudalism) are the cause of the issue and
Is only true under those systems, systems that were absolutely not always part of humanity (even if we give it 5 or 6 thousand years, that's a blip in the history of humanity), nor are some default setting we can't escape (the fact that racism existed in socialist experiments that existed in a still capitalist world only oroves how deep rooted the problem is, not that capitalism isn't responsible), but capitalism has convinced you otherwise for its own interests.
You not being comfortable with the reality you've been indoctrinated to accept being challenged, doesn't make the message vague.
Also really not sure what point stating that high tax on the wealthy coinciding with Jim Crow is meant to make?