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they want it to be a war because then teir discriminatory violence has merrit (lemmy.blahaj.zone)
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[–] Tattorack@lemmy.world 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Culture war is the distraction that keeps people away from class war.

The right and the left talking points so absorbed in identity, one wanting to destroy it, the other wanting it everywhere even if it's just tokenism... All the while the rich keep getting more power, and the regular people, people that used to be considered "middle class" even, struggling to live basic lives.

There is no culture war. Only a con.

[–] OneOrTheOtherDontAskMe@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Why can't it be both? You broke down some pretty huge arguments regarding people's existences into 'tokenism, but ignore the legitimate harm and suffering experienced by those groups at the hands of people who, although may not all be legitimately evil people looking to 'destroy identifies', but do have significant complaints about the existence of other groups in society and what acceptance of those seemingly fringe elements means for society. Break it into Rich vs Poor all you want, but I've met bigots of all classes and I don't think it'll stop anytime soon after toppling a class regime. If we all suddenly had access to the wealth the rich have extracted from us, I genuinely believe that the common asshole would have their tax bracket increase by three sizes, not their hearts.

[–] termaxima@programming.dev 17 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Correction : it is a war, because of them. We ask for equality, in response they murder us.

[–] Mustakrakish@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

And make no mistake, they're trying to make people more used to the idea of war, before they start another one.

[–] mkwt@lemmy.world 34 points 1 day ago (1 children)

In 1953, the top bracket marginal income tax rate was 92%. And of course Europe and Asia were reeling from the loss and wealth destruction of the Second Thirty Years' War. But let's just not talk about that.

[–] WanderingThoughts@europe.pub 13 points 1 day ago

They tell the masses it's 1950 but what they actually want us 1850, the period of the robber barons.

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Have you fucking read 'howl', part one of which was published in, i believe, 1954?

These mother fuckers would not be able to handle 1953.

Especially not with the tattoos they've got.

To be fair, 1953 kind of couldn't handle being 1953 either, but i still want to see your racist grandpa disassemble a nazi congressman in his woodshop.

[–] Semi_Hemi_Demigod@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The 1953 they’re pining for is the fake one everyone believes because of the Hayes code

[–] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

Strong Unions? Livable Wages? Clean Air?

Nah, they don't want those things. They just want to say slurs and drag people they don't like from behind their cars.

[–] vala@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

The poem by Allen Ginsberg or something else?

[–] outhouseperilous@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

That one, yeah 'i have seen the greatest minds of my generation destroyed by madness starving hysterical naked'

[–] njm1314@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago
  1. The gilded age is the one they long for.