• TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    21 minutes ago

    … that is not how race works.

    we already ARE the same race. we constructed differences to divide us, elevate ourselves and put down outsiders without having to accomplish anything.

    Imagine a world where everyone taller than 6 feet is considered a different social class. that’s race.

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    20 hours ago

    nah… equally looking people, indistinguishble from each other, have managed levels of hate high enough to attemp genocide

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    15 hours ago

    I wish, but no.

    For one, they would blame religion.

    Barring that, they would find any other differences among us to blame.

    Barring that, rich people will use their power and influence to make sure we find some way to blame each other instead of them.

    The main reason why we refuse to blame rich people for our problems is because most of us want to be the rich people causing the problems. Until we can get that idea out of most of our heads, we shouldn’t expect these problems to be solved.

    I don’t have much hope, personally.

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    Look. I live in a small town. The people one town over are dumb as fuck and ugly inbreeds.

    They say the same about us.

    See the problem? What we need is for the fucking psychologists to step up their game and develop bulletproof tests for sociopaths.

    Keep them out of positions of any power and we’re well on our way for a golden age of humanity.

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      1 day ago

      They already use gender, sexuality, nationality, anything really. Race is just one of many strings on the harp of bigotry.

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      Absolutely. Religion, language, country of origin, gender, age, there’s no shortage of useless ways to divide people. Our differences aren’t the issue, the issue is the rich and powerful exploiting our differences to pit us against each other.

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      23 hours ago

      Indian hate goes up whenever india related policies go into effect, trump tarrifs india and no one gived a fk since all day see is normalized indian hate for months prior

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    We are all the same race we are just different colours. Can you imagine any other animals fighting over their looks.

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    24 hours ago

    People will argue about something else. You can change the parameters of the simulation but you can’t change the outcome.

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    Nah they would just invent new races. What’s the point of race? What does it mean exactly? Notice that the races in the US at least roughly align with economic classes.

    That’s not an accident. Obviously without the concept of races, people would still have different skin color and hair, but the implications would be entirely different. Culture, neighborhoods, etc. wouldn’t be separated. And most importantly, it would be ever so slightly harder for rich people to make the majority feel like they’re in the same group as them as opposed to some “other”.

    So if there was only one race, the rich would need to invent new ones.

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    A see a few people here saying “they” when we should be using “we.” Just by using “they” you’re exhibiting the mindset of “they, not me” and “us vs them.” Racism is just one facet of it.

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    23 hours ago

    Or better yet, everyone appears to be whatever the new mono-race is, but in mirrors and other reflections and photos, racists see their least favorite race.

    That way they still get to suffer.