I think it is more that Americans have been trained to hate the poor. This is part and parcel in a classist and imperialist culture. No one wants to be around "losers", the marginalized, or the downtrodden. People hate the elderly too, especially elderly single women! Witch burning never really did die.
I think it was several years ago, and might have been Max Alvarez, who reported that 50% of those killed by police suffer addiction and/or mental health issues. What is too obvious is that what we have is a mental health crisis no one wants to pay for, which is debilitating people and the families, neighborhoods, across the nation. A friend once called them the shock troops on the streets. . That crippling factor is useful to the powers-that-be.
Wow. You really messed up your interpretation of what I said. You are the one who appeared to distill it all down to "systemic racism" with absolutely no clarification -- as "whiteness" and "blackness" seems to be a constant dividing component in Cancel Culture lingo. It was a bit of sad humor on the "witch burning" tendencies. I do not think of us as much different than the Roman Empire, perhaps, ripe for another Dark Ages.
I think it is more that Americans have been trained to hate the poor. This is part and parcel in a classist and imperialist culture. No one wants to be around "losers", the marginalized, or the downtrodden. People hate the elderly too, especially elderly single women! Witch burning never really did die.
I think it was several years ago, and might have been Max Alvarez, who reported that 50% of those killed by police suffer addiction and/or mental health issues. What is too obvious is that what we have is a mental health crisis no one wants to pay for, which is debilitating people and the families, neighborhoods, across the nation. A friend once called them the shock troops on the streets. . That crippling factor is useful to the powers-that-be.
I'm speaking about real time colonizers, ethnic cleansers, and hardcore racists. Hint: America's 'greatest ally'.
Wow. You really messed up your interpretation of what I said. You are the one who appeared to distill it all down to "systemic racism" with absolutely no clarification -- as "whiteness" and "blackness" seems to be a constant dividing component in Cancel Culture lingo. It was a bit of sad humor on the "witch burning" tendencies. I do not think of us as much different than the Roman Empire, perhaps, ripe for another Dark Ages.