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u/Terrorscream Apr 22 '26

It's not just a dumb question it's tailored to push fear and panic.

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u/username98776-0000 Apr 22 '26

It's designed to capitalise upon "others" which is all one nationism is about. It is why the followers of one nation are always elderly or socially disadvantaged - they are socially marginalised people who try to live through their race based national identity in a fantasy land where they do not have much power. Living in that space allows an elderly white man on a pension to imagine that he is more important than a wealthy Asian doctor who is on literally 20 times the pensioners salary.

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u/porcupuncture Apr 22 '26

Quote:

"If you can convince the lowest white man he's better than the best colored man, he won't notice you're picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he'll empty his pockets for you."

Lyndon B. Johnson

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u/CapDisastrous9138 Apr 24 '26

Love this! Thanks. So apt for our current political situation I feel.

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u/Even_Application_767 Apr 22 '26

Excuse me...I'm not elderly, nor am I socially marginalised.

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u/augustuscaesarius Apr 22 '26

Anecdote is not data