"Read Settlers" is a meme, but it's also a true meme. You should read it, or read other things about this thesis regarding the white working class in the US (I've heard other Marxists have since improved on Sakai's thesis but I don't know who they are).

White Americans are doubling down on the racism. As white settler colonialism is starting to face just a little bit of opposition (like teaching kids that maybe the US isn't a perfect, God-blessed country), they are losing their minds over the idea of losing even a tiny bit of their privileges. This is still a perfectly material explanation. White folks have enjoyed an incredible level of privilege since the beginning of this country and they will fight viciously to keep all of it.

IMO the bulk of white Americans are a lost cause. Not to say white folks can't be revolutionary (I'm white), but I think we probably should be spending our very limited time and resources on folks outside the imperial core break from western imperialism, and focus on the oppressed within the core. Any white Americans who want to join in are welcome but any concession to white supremacy is unacceptable.

Edit: to clarify, I'm not saying the Dems lost because racism or whatever. I don't care if the Dems win or lose, it doesn't matter. My point is much more about using electoral results and the campaigns that precede them to see where winds are blowing. It seems that "CRT" and fear-mongering about crime (and thus the need to fund even more cops) was a very effective message in appealing to large segments of the population - particularly the white population.

  • OldSoulHippie [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    This it the hexbear equivalent of "ok Vlad, what time is it in Russia"

    • star_wraith [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      I mean, wreckers are a problem, but they typically don't have 15 months of history with 4,000 comments. Doesn't mean I'm immune to a bad take (this site raked me over the coals over my views on shared living spaces), but that doesn't a wrecker make.

      • OldSoulHippie [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        Same. I've been dragged before, but my heart is in the right place. I'm just a human trying to do better every day

        • star_wraith [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Long story, but where I live it seems like every well-off person feels they have to own a house with a bedroom for each kid. And your shamed if you can't provide that for your kids. My point was that I shared a room with my brother growing up and it was fine. My point was no one should feel bad about maybe having their kids share a bedroom, it can even be a positive experience for kids in some cases. Lots of people got upset and pointed out how everyone needs privacy and there are abusive siblings. Which is true, but also isn't really arguing against the point I was making.