• CancerMancer@sh.itjust.works
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    5 months ago

    White men enjoy more power and privilege on average

    Talking about billionaires in one sentence and then average people in the next makes one wonder if maybe you’re conflating the power of class with race. Considering identity politics is a tool of capital used to divide us I think these are distinct issues.

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      5 months ago

      They are literally the largest demographic in Congress by a large margin, they’ve been literally every US president except 1, have dominated the Supreme Court bench, and comprise 90% of American billionaires. White men also are treated better on average by law enforcement, as decades of studies have proven.

      By what definition is that not “more power and privilege”? Are you actually arguing that acknowledging privilege and political power is now racist?

      This is blatant concern trolling and I won’t indulge it. You are sorely mistaken.

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        4 months ago

        You are now blatantly assigning the power of billionaires to average white men and that’s just ridiculous. It’s like when people are so keen to point out that women were disenfranchised for so long while ignoring that the majority of men were also disenfranchised for most of that period.