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In reply to the discussion: Social Justice is the ONLY Path to Economic Prosperity for Workers in This Country [View all]socialist_n_TN
(11,481 posts)but bias is merely a personal failing. It only becomes racism (or sexism or gender discrimination) when bias against social groups is coupled with economic and political power. IF, say, a minimum national income was instituted that provided a baseline living wage for every adult, along with improvement in public services including government sponsored health care, then why would it matter to me if an employer thought I was subhuman? He/she wouldn't affect my life at all. I wouldn't even have to be around that person if I didn't want to. In addition, if a socialist political institution empowered by the majority of the people, made it a virtue to take care of society rather than the individual, then eventually that attitude WOULD, over a few years, filter throughout the general society.
The problem IS capitalism at it's base. The denigration of various social groups as subhuman is overtly or tacitly condoned under capitalism BECAUSE THAT SPECIAL OPPRESSION PROFITS THE CAPITALIST! And profits the capitalist economically, politically, and socially.