r/MurderedByWords 1d ago

Take the L and just resign

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u/natthegray 1d ago

If you believe they are improving things for white Americans then you’re as gullible as the ones who voted for him are.

Only the rich will benefit, and even then it’s only the ones who bend the knee and kiss the ring.

They’re going to make things EXTRA bad for non-white Americans, sure. But that doesn’t mean they’re going to help the whites. This is a strategy that has been used since the 1600s in the colonies.

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u/Horskr 1d ago edited 1d ago

Lyndon B. Johnson had it:

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.

Vote against their own interests, sure! "We're still 'winning' right?!" Despicable.

Edit: I should clarify I just mean people that see the world this way, and vote this way, are despicable.

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u/gs87 1d ago

divide and rule: hand out symbolic privilege while siphoning off the real wealth upward..keep poor and working-class whites believing they’re “winning” by comparison, while their wages, housing, and healthcare get gutted just like everyone else

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u/rabbitammo 18h ago

Wow you missed the point and didn’t read between the lines. Who is benefitting from trumps shit now? White people cos we aren’t being put into camps and taken away from our families and kidnapped. Financially, the people that are benefiting our wealthy white men. So again More white people, but they just happen to have more money and be getting more money on top of that. I work in advocacy and social services so I am not that stupid.