I have literally seen the argument made (loosely, and multiple times) that black and brown people are too stupid to properly make use of capitalism as a political system, which is why Africa, Latin America, etc. are so underdeveloped due to the completely inability of the people there to "value democracy" or "demand better" or "avoid corruption"
Which is also coincidentally why the USA sucks now. It's filled with Mexicans and black people (who were basically already here, WTF?) who, completely unable to understand the glory of the market, are too busy cheating, stealing, killing, Burning Looting and Murdering to make the escalator of wealth function properly. Basically, they are shitting in the motor of the escalator while the civilized, non violent white people try to get up it with gumption and can do attitudes but gosh golly there is so much shit on this escalator
I've thought about this a lot recently. There can really only be one of two answers as to why the global south is impoverished. Either it's because of colonialism, exploitation, and the neoliberal global order via the IMF, US imperialism, etc (the correct answer). Or, you believe there is something intrinsically wrong with people in the global south. I really think those are the only choices. The second is obviously wrong but it's what the overwhelming majority of white Americans on some level believe.
Folks, what we did in 1917–the Revolution we call it, with a capital R— it’s never been done before. So many big beautiful red flags, you couldn’t even— now that, folks, that’s a flag we stand up for, we don’t kneel for our terrific red flag— and you couldn’t even see the Winter Palace. You know the Mensheviks, and Renegade Kautsky, they said we couldn’t do it! They said, “Oh, Vlad, the material conditions are bad, we have to have a bourgeois republic to develop the forces of production.” You know what that means, right? Semi-feudal economy! Well, look at where we are now, Julius. We are going to develop the forces of production so fast it’ll make your head spin. We are going to do in a generation what it took them many, many years to do.
We’re bringing back bread, folks! And not just bread, but peace too— and you know, the Left-SRs, they’re very nasty to me about Brest-Litovsk, they say I make bad deals with the Germans, even though, nobody does treaties better than me, and the Germans are tough, but when they deal with me they know my reputation, they know I make the best deals, and you know, many people in Germany, they say they want Lenin too! Little pickelhaub man is scared, because he knows that we have built an incredible movement, and we are gonna have world revolution, the biggest revolution anyone has ever had. But, still, you know, the fake bourgeois media, the white guards, they say “He colluded with the Germans, he got on the train, did this did that”— and they’re just crazed. They are really crazed. Right. And we can’t just let that happen, because there’s nothing to do with Germany, nothing at all. Total witch hunt. Very unfair.
And then there’s me going :sicko-yes:
no that's bad because we're psychologically primed for fascism
moment everything goes to shit and the treats stop flowing everyone is going to want a MASSIVE DONG dictator to beat everyone into submission
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I have literally seen the argument made (loosely, and multiple times) that black and brown people are too stupid to properly make use of capitalism as a political system, which is why Africa, Latin America, etc. are so underdeveloped due to the completely inability of the people there to "value democracy" or "demand better" or "avoid corruption"
Which is also coincidentally why the USA sucks now. It's filled with Mexicans and black people (who were basically already here, WTF?) who, completely unable to understand the glory of the market, are too busy cheating, stealing, killing, Burning Looting and Murdering to make the escalator of wealth function properly. Basically, they are shitting in the motor of the escalator while the civilized, non violent white people try to get up it with gumption and can do attitudes but gosh golly there is so much shit on this escalator
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I've thought about this a lot recently. There can really only be one of two answers as to why the global south is impoverished. Either it's because of colonialism, exploitation, and the neoliberal global order via the IMF, US imperialism, etc (the correct answer). Or, you believe there is something intrinsically wrong with people in the global south. I really think those are the only choices. The second is obviously wrong but it's what the overwhelming majority of white Americans on some level believe.
Trump 2024
Folks, what we did in 1917–the Revolution we call it, with a capital R— it’s never been done before. So many big beautiful red flags, you couldn’t even— now that, folks, that’s a flag we stand up for, we don’t kneel for our terrific red flag— and you couldn’t even see the Winter Palace. You know the Mensheviks, and Renegade Kautsky, they said we couldn’t do it! They said, “Oh, Vlad, the material conditions are bad, we have to have a bourgeois republic to develop the forces of production.” You know what that means, right? Semi-feudal economy! Well, look at where we are now, Julius. We are going to develop the forces of production so fast it’ll make your head spin. We are going to do in a generation what it took them many, many years to do.
We’re bringing back bread, folks! And not just bread, but peace too— and you know, the Left-SRs, they’re very nasty to me about Brest-Litovsk, they say I make bad deals with the Germans, even though, nobody does treaties better than me, and the Germans are tough, but when they deal with me they know my reputation, they know I make the best deals, and you know, many people in Germany, they say they want Lenin too! Little pickelhaub man is scared, because he knows that we have built an incredible movement, and we are gonna have world revolution, the biggest revolution anyone has ever had. But, still, you know, the fake bourgeois media, the white guards, they say “He colluded with the Germans, he got on the train, did this did that”— and they’re just crazed. They are really crazed. Right. And we can’t just let that happen, because there’s nothing to do with Germany, nothing at all. Total witch hunt. Very unfair.