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In reply to the discussion: At a minimum, could we please be honest about what and who we are fighting? [View all]maxrandb
(17,556 posts)We used to joke about the "indispensable man" in the Navy. You NEVER wanted that guy, and you NEVER wanted to be that guy. People rotated in and out of your command/ship all the time, and we still deployed when required. It was our job to make sure no one became indispensable.
I swear to Gawd! If Amazon owned the Montgomery Bus Line and the busses were made by Tesla, there would be people/bots on Facebook posting; "gee, I think that poor Parks women should be able to sit where she wants, but I need that bus line!"
There would be a million Tic-Tocs and "X" posts degrading, demeaning and belittling her as "a woke snowflake"...each with a million "likes."
Life existed before "tHITLER", Facebook and Amazon. Life will go on without them. Life might actually better if they had just a little less power and influence.
To put it simply:
"Nothing will change! The racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy...NONE OF IT...will change, unless and until we make racism, fascism, misogyny, hatred and white supremacy UNPROFITABLE to the corporations, businesses and individuals that fund and enable it.