• Arcanepotato@crazypeople.online
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    8 hours ago

    I meant because the trope of the poors being ignorant racists was a bit too hard to believe someone would want to admit to.

    “Yeah, that might work. But, here’s the kicker. He voted for the same guy I did. The other candidate was promising tax reforms, enforcing anti-monopoly laws, etc. But, my guy got everyone scared about trans athletes and brown people crossing the border. My worker’s a good guy, but he’s super racist. As long as you’re going after the brown people, that’s what matters to him.”

    • FlyingCircus@lemmy.world
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      8 hours ago

      Yeah, that’s a bit anti-worker, but racism and bigotry is one way that capitalists stoke division in the ruling class, and it has been very effective so far.