2016 Postmortem
In reply to the discussion: MoveOn has a perfect response to Netroots controversy: [View all]AOR
(692 posts)Your accusations of abuse are beyond laughable. Discuss what was written and state your case or refrain from responding with the childish games of those who have no answers. Politics is not a game of gotcha or personalities. Politics is about power and resources and who controls them and why that is. Real people on the ground - of all stripes - are being destroyed on a daily basis by the exploitation, oppression, and institutionalized theft of the commons and the labor of the working class. Racism is a by-product of that power structure.
Capitalism - at it's very foundations - is based on the institutionalized theft of labor, expropriation of the commons, and oppression of the masses - for the unlimited profit of few - and it doesn't really discriminate or care about the color of your skin, sexual orientation, or anything else. Racism is a tool of those that OWN the power to divide the oppressed masses. Those facts - in material reality- are why the social justice without economic justice arguments are so utterly bankrupt and devoid of any meaning. The two can't be logically separated in the fight against capitalist oppression and expropriation and in the context of class struggle. Anyone who claims they can is no leftist or friend of the working class - AS A WHOLE - and are not really interested in an actual just and more equitable society for ALL.
Racism, white privilege, and blatant and insidious discrimination most surely exist and need to be fought at every turn, but to focus simply on that without a thorough understanding of class and class struggle is an apology for the oppression and injustice that many claim to fighting against.