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minus-squareSabre363linkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down3·6 hours agoOr maybe race doesn’t really exist outside our dumb little brains and capitalism was the real problem all along
minus-squaredavel [he/him]@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9arrow-down2·edit-25 hours agoNot to imply that ethnic/cultural tensions never existed before in history, but capitalism created racism as a tool of oppression, and of pitting working class people against each other.
minus-squareEheran@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down2·5 hours agoCapitalism or socialism or anything else is irrelevant when most people are dumb, easy to manipulate and ready to harm others. There will always be someone willing to be a leader of these people, harming others to gain something.
minus-squareGarbageShootAlt2@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up4arrow-down3·5 hours agoBrains are part of the world, and so are human behaviors. So long as racism exists, race as a sociological category is undeniably real.
Or maybe race doesn’t really exist outside our dumb little brains and capitalism was the real problem all along
Not to imply that ethnic/cultural tensions never existed before in history, but capitalism created racism as a tool of oppression, and of pitting working class people against each other.
Capitalism or socialism or anything else is irrelevant when most people are dumb, easy to manipulate and ready to harm others. There will always be someone willing to be a leader of these people, harming others to gain something.
Brains are part of the world, and so are human behaviors. So long as racism exists, race as a sociological category is undeniably real.