Faine Greenwood @faineg.bsky.social

Yes, absolutely applicable to the white US majority, not to the very large number of other Americans who absolutely recently have experienced authoritarian governments.

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Jillian C. York 🍉 @jillian.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 13:01 UTC

I think the point though is that many (non-white) Americans who have only experienced the US have experienced it as authoritarian.

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Mya Riemer @myariemer.bsky.social [ View ] Jul 02, 2024 at 13:10 UTC

I think that's the core problem, though - white people have absolutely experienced it as authoritarian. As the authority / subject of rather than the object of. And there's denialism of that on the left (I am oppressed by class!) and embracing of it by three right.

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