Virtually every policy Trump pursues works to steal public money & personally enrich himself & his friends.
Gutting National Monuments pays
Fossil Fuel CEOs
Border concentration camps pay
Private Prison CEOs
Betsy DeVos pays
loan sharks
It’s always about the con.https://twitter.com/davidfrum/status/1168658724875055104 …
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Since corruption isn’t popular policy, racism works as the cover for the con. That’s why addressing racism isn’t a “distraction” - it’s key to understanding the hustle against working people. Culturally, racism is used as the unspoken cudgel against pro-working class policy. /2
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For example: By rallying support for super racist immigration policies, (Muslim Ban, concentration camps,etc), supporters look the other way at the billions of public dollars going to private prison CEOs - who then kick some that
back to Trump (ex. his inaugural committee)
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The corruption of Trump - of many admins - wouldn’t be politically possible without relying on sympathy for racist policies. That’s what Reagan’s Black “welfare queen” was all about, too. If people think they’re “paying for someone else,” they’ll dismantle their own healthcare.
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Beyond the moral wrong, racism is a powerful political tool used to dismantle public goods & civil rights. So long as bigoted sympathies exist (subtly or loud), they will be used. That’s why convincing people racism is a sidenote,¬ broad or institutional, is a strategic move.
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Replying to @AOC
Please mention that at least one private prison lobbyist is also a Democratic superdelegate!
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Replying to @NateArsenic @AOC
And when the democrats take control and abolish private prisons he'll be kicked to the curb as well. Some Democrats may do shifty things but at least we call them out on it and don't cover for them like the Republicans do. Ask Sen. Franken...
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Are you kidding me? If what you said was true - HILLARY WOULD BE IN PRISON right now!
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Replying to @MeliBarrientes @AOC
Sure, except for the fact that she did not commit any crime. You keep clinging to your fiction while Trump breaks the law every day.
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And let's just be real - NO ONE has 59 friends that "commit suicide" or have helicopter "accidents". You must be the only person in this world who believes Hillary Clinton is innocent.
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