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@symbioticmind.bsky.social
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For sure. I believe this 100% but on bluesky I've seen a lot of white men posts when the driving factor is neither white nor men. It's class. But yes class and race have a LOT of overlap. I've explained to my son that race is a tool of class. If we were all the same color it would likely be religion

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But the point is a permanent underclass to support the wealthy. And the easiest dividing line is race. Remove that and it's religion. Remove both and it's probably hair or eye co

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parchment.bsky.social

But yes, the world would be better off if there was more class solidarity at the bottom. Millionaires seems to manage it just fine, while the bottom quintiles fight like crabs in a bucket, with the upper middle class fiercely guarding their comfort at everyone's expense.

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parchment.bsky.social

I agree that, fundamentally, class is a huge driver of discrimination. Perhaps this is just framing; for me, even if class is the disease, sometimes we need to treat the symptoms as well. To someone in chronic pain, that pain isn't number 2 just because it's not the underlying cause.

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What TF are we doing??
@symbioticmind.bsky.social
Political account. You can't plead the 5th if you can't plead the 1st
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