04-17-2021, 08:13 PM
(This post was last modified: 04-17-2021, 08:16 PM by Bob Butler 54.)
To me, those that believe in tribal thinking, in the superiority of the master race or the white race, are not the ones that write the history books. Those that believe in their own superiority, that find reason to hate another group, those that attempt oppression of that group with use of force including military force that find themselves in trouble. Hitler and Custer made lots of more specific mistakes, but their basic one was the way of thought, finding a reason to believe in their group, to have contempt for another, and initiate hostilities.
The conservatives in believing in white privilege and being hostile to minorities are doing something similar to that if not an exact match. They are trying to proclaim they are America and invoke privilege and oppression to keep it that way.
I doubt it will work. These days people are getting sick of the old values. If you kill a minority person, you find yourself on trial. If you try to hold an insurrection, you find yourself on trial. If you try voter fraud, you find yourself on trial. If you harass a minority active duty military person, you find yourself sued.
A few days ago, I watched some coverage of Brooklyn Center. The camera could pan from the police station to a store being looted. Now I have listed the groups in the recent BLM protests, and I am tempted to split one group in two. The violent protestors were up against the police station fence exchanging projectiles with the police, both good cops and perhaps bad. The non violent protesters were a block or two away, leaving no doubt as to their thoughts but not touching the violence. The looters were a block or two further. Thing is, it was the violent protesters that were preventing the cops from doing their jobs. That needs to be added to one’s understanding of the situation.
But the basic problem is the tribal thinking, the idea that certain people should be able to push others around. The people doing so were accurately if unwisely called deplorables. They are running into the new values hard.
I think of the old advertising point. Sometimes you have to be different to be better. In a crisis, the conservative faction wants to stay the same, the progressive faction to change. Thus, in every crisis, the progressive faction came out ahead. You can indeed get rid of kings, slaveholders, depressions, and dictators. Why not COVID and systematic racism? You can pretend not to notice that the conservative do not change faction has not ended up on top once the crisis heart arrives. Just don’t count on a change this time. Tribal thinking, hatred, oppression, violence, all is due to be hit.
Sorry, Einzige, but the division of wealth problem doesn’t seem to be bubbling up, and violence is not the preferred tool in the Information Age.
The conservatives in believing in white privilege and being hostile to minorities are doing something similar to that if not an exact match. They are trying to proclaim they are America and invoke privilege and oppression to keep it that way.
I doubt it will work. These days people are getting sick of the old values. If you kill a minority person, you find yourself on trial. If you try to hold an insurrection, you find yourself on trial. If you try voter fraud, you find yourself on trial. If you harass a minority active duty military person, you find yourself sued.
A few days ago, I watched some coverage of Brooklyn Center. The camera could pan from the police station to a store being looted. Now I have listed the groups in the recent BLM protests, and I am tempted to split one group in two. The violent protestors were up against the police station fence exchanging projectiles with the police, both good cops and perhaps bad. The non violent protesters were a block or two away, leaving no doubt as to their thoughts but not touching the violence. The looters were a block or two further. Thing is, it was the violent protesters that were preventing the cops from doing their jobs. That needs to be added to one’s understanding of the situation.
But the basic problem is the tribal thinking, the idea that certain people should be able to push others around. The people doing so were accurately if unwisely called deplorables. They are running into the new values hard.
I think of the old advertising point. Sometimes you have to be different to be better. In a crisis, the conservative faction wants to stay the same, the progressive faction to change. Thus, in every crisis, the progressive faction came out ahead. You can indeed get rid of kings, slaveholders, depressions, and dictators. Why not COVID and systematic racism? You can pretend not to notice that the conservative do not change faction has not ended up on top once the crisis heart arrives. Just don’t count on a change this time. Tribal thinking, hatred, oppression, violence, all is due to be hit.
Sorry, Einzige, but the division of wealth problem doesn’t seem to be bubbling up, and violence is not the preferred tool in the Information Age.
That this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom, and that government of the people, by the people, for the people shall not perish from the earth.