The things you're missing are technological change and the influence of changing demographics on the memes people promote
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Replying to @HbdNrx
None of this was natural. RACISM, that was natural. It's native to everyone, it's our immune system.
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Replying to @WarAccount
Yes but tech changes allowed more migration and communication. Whites were vulnerable to people's complaints about discrimination
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Replying to @WarAccount
Oh yes they did. Look at how fervent many of the white abolitionists were. Then add in more international travel and communication.
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Replying to @HbdNrx
The white abolitionists were a tiny activist minority who did absolutely nothing to change the prevailing opinions re: racism
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Replying to @WarAccount
They changed opinion enough to result in a war that killed hundreds of thousands of people
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Replying to @HbdNrx @WarAccount
The thing is, the roots of progressive universalism go way back. Protestant ideas about equality, "all mem are created equal" etc
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Replying to @HbdNrx @WarAccount
So with the moral framework already in place it was just a matter of applying it with social pressure. People gain status by appearing holy
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