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US Authoritarianism

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‘Black people can’t swim’ Because until very recent memory, the US was an explicitly white supremacist authoritarian state, And access to public pools specifically Was one of the crowning achievements of The evil at the heart of this country. They destroyed every public pool that they couldn’t privatize. To keep segregation in place. And that’s why the US is still fucking segregated. The federal government stepped in until it wasn’t politically advantageous anymore and then they gave up And nothing had changed. They just declared victory and called white supremacy something else. If you look at US history, this is this is what the country is. This is the central pattern of what this colonial settler state is, And anything outside of that is fundamentally aspirational, divorced from the actual reality of the situation.

It’s really incredibly easy to say oh well it’s flawed, but it’s the best in the world, when it’s only people that you are OK with hurting that are getting hurt in the meantime.

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[–] Reddfugee42 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You don't have to be afraid honey. But anyhow, I think you might be replying to the wrong comment because my comment doesn't say anything about how reparations work, just the reasoning behind them.

[–] stoly 0 points 6 months ago (2 children)

low effort, bad faith comment with some extra ad hominem on the side, gotcha

[–] Reddfugee42 1 points 6 months ago

Ya know, I have to laugh that the guy who comments "that not how work 🥴" complains about others' "low effort" comments 😅👍 great trolling

[–] Reddfugee42 0 points 6 months ago (1 children)

You could just say "you're right" next time, instead of more whining plus complaining that you're being called out for whining.

[–] stoly -1 points 6 months ago

Or I can just block you. Yeah let’s do that.