07-11-2020, 06:57 AM
(07-10-2020, 11:35 AM)pbrower2a Wrote: Isn't it obvious? Racism exists largely to divide the working classes, to create innocent and vulnerable scapegoats for the perverse and incompetent conduct of elites. Donald Trump is so obvious that Americans are catching on as never before.
Just because it's obvious doesn't make it any less powerful. The revanchists always knew that playing to fear works. Breaking that paradigm will not be easy. It would be nice to have this be the crisis that gets the job done. So far, it's dicey.
Intelligence is not knowledge and knowledge is not wisdom, but they all play well together.