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1. Truth Sandwich 🥪🇺🇸😷 (truthsandwich@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 04:00:57 UTC Truth Sandwich 🥪🇺🇸😷

   @Blackfist

   The US started off as a colony, so everything is about colonialism. Colonialism is the motive behind racism and slavery.

   Racism exists to justify the European takeover of native lands as well as the enslaving of Africans.

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   • Truth Sandwich 🥪🇺🇸😷 (truthsandwich@qoto.org)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 04:01:01 UTC Truth Sandwich 🥪🇺🇸😷

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     • JoelBarr

     @JoelBarr @Blackfist

     To be fair, it’s not really about “other people”, but rather all people.

     Once you invade foreign land, though, you need a way to perpetuate the distinction between the natives and the invaders, and that’s where racism comes in.

     If you look at where racial lines are drawn, it always comes down to invasion. Caste systems are about ensuring that, once you win, you stay on top from now on.

     This is why racism is so bothered by “interbreeding”; it blurs the lines that make the system work.

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   • JoelBarr (joelbarr@mastodon.online)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 04:01:04 UTC JoelBarr

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     @TruthSandwich @Blackfist And that colonialism is driven by a belief that other people, their cultures, and their lands are commodities to be bought and sold. This belief is still alive and well in America.

   • Alakest (alakest@mstdn.social)'s status on Friday, 11-Aug-2023 04:01:12 UTC Alakest

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     • JoelBarr

     @TruthSandwich @JoelBarr @Blackfist

     Wilhoit's law
     Wilhoit: Conservatism consists of exactly one proposition, to wit: There must be in-groups whom the law protects but does not bind, alongside out-groups whom the law binds but does not protect.

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