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Philosophy Nerd (Ph.D Candidate in Philosophy— Phil of Race, Black Existentialism, Black Pessimism/Nihilism, Black Marxism, Black Feminism).
“If the slave cannot be taken from Africa, slavery can be taken to Africa”- W.E.B. Du Bois
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People tend to not care about things until they’re personally affected by it.
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Exactly. They even said so themselves.
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Yeah, the irony here is that Richard was a Nazi sympathizer himself.
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SAS has said the same thing himself, because even he knows he’s not qualified.
But I agree with you about many members of the current Dem establishment, especially the Dem leadership in Congress.
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Just to add: SAS most certainly doesn’t believe Dems are trying to circumvent the Constitution like the GOP is, but he has also said that there’s something deeply broken w/in the Dem party since he’s even being considered as a presidential candidate.
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He’s not wrong, but the fact that SAS is polling at all shows how broken our politics are (this is something SAS has acknowledged himself).
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I didn’t learn about Zinn (and by extension, U.S. history) until my second year of college.
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It’s real.
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Read the last sentence.
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No problem! If you need more recommendations, you know where to find me.
Thanks for the respectful conversation. 😊
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I never heard of that book, so thanks for the reference.
For me, I’ve turned more to Black literature. Currently working my way through “Black Jacobins” and “Black Reconstruction”.
The former is more inspiring; the latter is a bit of a U.S. tragedy but helps explain what’s going on today.
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Yeah, same here. I think we have to remember that eventually, this moment of crisis will pass too.
I just hope others remember. I fear that the U.S. is a country where willfully forgetting is the norm. But maybe it’s because I’m a pessimist too 😂
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What has given me hope is that everyday people are showing courage and the Wisconsin SCOTUS election is a reminder that they can be beat. 2/2
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Yeah, that’s what troublesome for me too. They’re treating Trump as though he was Regan in the 1984 election.
Trump isn’t inevitable or omnipotent, but he will be if these higher institutions allow him to be.
Personally, I think the institutional leaders like him and agree with him. 1/2
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I have the same obsession. I tend to use the “like” button on here as an kind of archive so I can go back and read articles later 😂
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For me, it’s been clear for a while that the NYT’s want to sanitize fascism. I can’t bring myself to pay a subscription with them, but I don’t judge those who do.
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Having access to mainstream outlets is important because they have access to those in power, so I support your approach.
But if you don’t want to give the NTY’s another dime (which is understandable) you can bypass the paywall w/this website:
archive.ph
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Sadly, this is like the 2nd time they’ve profiled him since Trump has been in office and I know the NYT’s also did a puff piece on him during the Biden presidency too.
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Personally, I agree with you. I will believe Trump & the GOP is losing support when people stop voting for the GOP.
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That assumes the media is interested in truth.
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They’re trying to point out the irony of your post because you assume there will be another election (while you critiqued the OP who seems to believe that Trump is losing support).
Not saying I agree with them, just trying to help you understand what they were saying.
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Yup. But luckily in this case, such a bill would need democratic support to pass (unless that break the filibuster).
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That will only happen if Universities refuse to fight (which Columbia has refused to do up to this point).
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For those wondering, the mom is showing remarkable calmness despite the circumstances and aggression for the ICE agents. She basically telling her daughter the entire time: “it’s ok, I’ll be fine”.
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Sadly, he’s probably going to ignore everything you wrote, but he’s most certainly someone who has built a following by making it seem like those concerned about the well-being of marginalized groups were the real enemies of modern civilization.
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“The left really did create a stifling orthodoxy that stamped out dissent”.
This person seems to ignore the history of censorship in this country that was always used against the “left”.
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No. It was just clear to the rest of us where all this was heading. He did telegraph it on the campaign trail, after-all.
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She’s knows he doesn’t qualify for a 3rd term, but she also knows that if she says that, she’s out of a job.
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In the U.S., the “anti-woke” backlash (which for me is fundamentally anti-Black and segregationist) arguably has its roots in the Redemption era of the 19th century and opposition to the Civil Rights movement.
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I found this breakdown helpful:
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Basically, don’t come away thinking SCOTUS will side with Trump on every case.
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Every week we hear about mass firings and then people being re-hired.
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Also, people should Du Bois’ “Black Reconstruction”.
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You’re more optimistic (or realistic) than I am.
The problem here is that also I don’t trust SCOTUS to do the right thing. I can also see them giving him what he wants.
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Exactly. They’re already ignoring lower court judges.
While I can’t predict the future, it’s not unimaginable to see a situation where they ignore SCOTUS too. The fact that we’re even having this conversation is a problem in itself.
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I get your point. But they’re already doing exactly what you’re talking (shipping people overseas, bypassing the courts).
What they need for SCOTUS is the veneer of legal legitimacy.
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I want to second what Victor said.
I was very impressed with how well researched it was.
I hope there’s enough outage that they reverse course.
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I’d say that this cover sums up the MAGA movement’s fear and anxiety.
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That’s because they expected tax cuts.
If ordinary people wasn’t going to get hurt, I’d be laughing.
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I don’t necessarily disagree with you and don’t want to come off as debating.
But I’ll just add that slavery and colonial systems were inherently authoritarian systems, so U.S. history, at the very least, can inform us on how to deal with authoritarianism.
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This is a great point. I personally think the MAGA movement is composed of people who never got over the confederacy losing the Civil War and Jim Crow being dismantled.
I think understanding the Redemption era is apt for this moment.
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One person cited in that article could lose their state-level job, but still thought it might be a worthy sacrifice 🙄
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It seems like some administrators agreed with some of the reforms Trump’s team proposed and because they said a legal battle would be difficult because there are many ways Trump could take funding away.
But I get your point. Columbia didn’t even try to fight back.
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Also, students could literally just take an introductory philosophy course to cover all of that 😂