Part of the issue with Bernie-ism (and tbh socialism as a whole) is that for POC it's a stopgap, not a solution.
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Replying to @csilverandgold
Yeah maybe we can improve our situation by calming down the racists, getting them some better jobs, so they won't want to lash out as much.
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Maybe we can restructure the economy, so they don't feel so much pressure, so they won't want to hurt us.
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But what happens next time the economy goes south? What happens next time they're feeling the pinch?
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what happens when the global economy contracts because of the climate change we failed to fight against, also in the name of their holy JOBS
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do they go right back to attacking us, trying to work out their feelings of inferiority and alienation and rootlessness on minorities?
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I don't want a Democratic party whose solution to racism is "just give them some money and a job, they'll calm down."
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I need a Democratic party whose solution to racism is "empower POC so the next time the racists throw a tantrum, we can fight back."
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Replying to @csilverandgold
and I guess that's less true of socialism as a whole, which more or less posits an end to scarcity. But it is true of much of Bernieism.
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