• givesomefucks@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    There’s better ways to say what you said, but there’s still some stuff wrong with it

    After middle class sided with the blacks,

    They really didn’t…

    the owner class turned all working Americans into

    They already had…

    “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

    LBJ said that during the civil rights movement. He wasn’t saying we should do that, but what the republicans were already doing.

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      3 days ago
      1. How did civil rights get pushed?

      2. White middle clsss enjoyed 2 decades of unprecedented prosperity, what are you basing your claims on?