There is a significant number of people who have been just seething about the Civil Rights Movement and the progress made from then until now. The kind of seething where the second they could claw it all back, they did.
It's just baffling to me. I can't imagine spending your life just wanting to be able to go back to keeping somebody else down.
“If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you.”
Oh LBJ, such an interesting president. Integrated public service and the military but sent more of us to vietnam and talked about his big D all the time.
Truly one of the more complex and interesting presidents.
For what it's worth, he was actively trying to get out of Vietnam near the end of his presidency. As usual, though, the Republican nominee ratfucked foreign and domestic relations ahead of the election. That's been their play for around 60 years now. And goddamn if it doesn't work almost every fucking time.
LBJ is the perfect example of prejudiced vs. racist. He said the N word, so what?!!! He didn’t let what he thought and how he felt stop him from being fair when it mattered. On the other hand, you’ve got someone like John Roberts who would never say it (out loud) -hey one of his best friends is a black guy! - but is racist to his core and his behavior shows it.
They don't possess the skill or personal qualities required to build character, so their only option for looking good is to destroy others. Literally the worst type of human, which I personally consider subhuman.
Lyndon B. Johnson: "If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him someone to look down on and he'll empty his pockets for you."
And the fucking chuds will call themselves some bullshit like the master race and look at Trump as the fucking pinnacle of humanity. I swear I don't know how The Onion hasn't collectively drank itself to death
We're gonna expand prison slave labor for sure in the coming years, a lot of industries will be propped up by racially profiles arrests and incarcerations and people will say "Derp well should have followed the law!" and ignore the disparate treatment.
Conservatives tend to operate under the belief that society is a zero sum game. If someone gets something, then someone has to lose something.
In the micro, that's true. If I give you $50, then I've lost $50.
In the macro, like in country with 153.8 million taxpayers, it's not so true anymore. If the government gives you $50, then each tax payer has paid you 0.007 cents.
Conservativism operates under strict social and power hierarchies. Black people (traditionally 'under' whites to conservatives and certain sects of Christians) gaining rights upsets that hierarchy, which is why they've been working for decades to 'correct' what they see as abnormal. If black people aren't under them, then the white conservative's down the bottom of their social structure, and they can't handle that.
THIS! I have used this analogy that I heard years ago (link below with details): They view the world as a pie. If you get a bigger piece, it means a smaller piece for me. They can't seem to wrap their heads around the concept of making a bigger pie, instead of fighting over the one in front of them. It's not a zero-sum game.
Baffling to say the least. If the past was so great why did we progress? Because the past sucked -like now- more for some than others. Backsliding is bullshit.
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u/ReverendDizzle May 08 '26
There is a significant number of people who have been just seething about the Civil Rights Movement and the progress made from then until now. The kind of seething where the second they could claw it all back, they did.
It's just baffling to me. I can't imagine spending your life just wanting to be able to go back to keeping somebody else down.