Instead of strengthening the social taboo against racism we’ve seen an organized and concerted effort to roll it back and the generally tepid response has led to a ton of negative externalities.
And make no mistake liberals and leftists looking to distinguish themselves by indulging in a little “snarky” racism to prove their “independent thinker” bona fides is also a big part of this concerted effort.
In like ten years we’re going to get a bunch of weepy shit like “oh we thought the racism thing was done and just thought we were being socially transgressive we didn’t know” bullshit revisionism too same way we’ve gotten with the hip snarky racist of the 90s and I’m telling you now it’s bullshit.
Yep this alongside the routine mocking, marginalizing of anyone demanding the material consequences of racism be seriously considered is a key part of the reactionary infrastructure
It’s such a bad faith argument it almost beggars belief but it all falls into place when reading the arguments for patriarchal slave ownership. It’s amazing to see the afterlives of these old tenets
My neighbor said today that he swears it's more racist now than 20 years ago.
I figure it's because 20 years ago you could have 100 racists in a small town but they wouldn't know each other. Now they have online groups that provide each other with support and organization.
This is definitely part of it, there was also a confidence that white people would remain in charge 20 years ago, Obama and immigration has shaken that faith and we’re seeing the results of the insecurity.
It was easier to shame people for saying racist stuff 20 years ago and get them to reflect on it. Now, not only do racists have thriving online communities, but they also have media outlets and prominent politicians telling them it’s okay.
Fully convinced any day now they’re going to start bringing the word “miscegenation” back into the mainstream and try to modernize it by attaching it to Diet Supplement Industry Jargon.
It’s weird that most right wingers are just crunchy enough for snake oil supplements and crystals and horse paste despite being very smart and objectivists.
I wish I was ruthless enough to hock a snake oil.
Gee. If only these millionaires & billionaires would donate that kind of money to something that aligns more with their supposed faith. You know like food banks, homeless shelters, foster care.
They’ll never do it, we got to tax them. This will have the double benefit of making food support, public housing, parental supports more viable and removing their ability to toss millions around to destroy democracy.
additionally, it would be more efficient to have a single entity taking that tax money and also investing/managing the programs you mention - rather than farming it out to 1000s of non profits of varying sizes
