• Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
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    3 hours ago

    I need to watch the wishmaster series. Of all the stuff with the concept of evil genies that twist the meaning of wishes into anything BUT the intention of the wisher, it would be that. Or so I heard.

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      6 hours ago

      In true genie fashion, the only change in their life is that now, a single occasion where a racist person decided not to hold a door open for them, changes so that they do.

      Genies are all about malicious compliance.

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    7 hours ago

    easy is relative. all depends on how you see the world. while there is quantitative evidence for genetics to play a part in it, ease can be changed just as much by the person as by the environment.

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    10 hours ago

    “Black, white, you’ll still not experience what it’s like to be blue. Or have your deed of slavery cursed into a literal lamp.”

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      12 hours ago

      What’s funny about that is the “difficulty slider” doesn’t actually affect gameplay.

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        6 hours ago

        “Just every other aspect of your life.”

        I don’t remember if it does in Stick of Truth, but it does affect some things in Fractured But Whole.

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    6 hours ago

    The race thing is just a diversion from the fact that financial prosperity is the true great division that separates us. But just keep believing that white people have it easier just because they’re white, because that’s much better for the oligarchs.

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      3 hours ago

      Racism itself is promoted and maintained by the ruling class because white supremacy serves to undermine class consciousness. The same playbook is uses for other forms of marginalization, but race is the most strongly maintained in the United States due to chattel slavery and the ruling class’ investment in it.

      What this means is that while class is the major material dividing line that societal forces follow, racism is also a potent force. Just because it gets the oxygen it needs to survive from the continued class war does not mean that racism itself does not exist and make the lives of black people, brown people, etc harder. And white people do have it easier just because they’re white. So if you say otherwise, those who know better will not listen to you.

      So, instead of going the route that dismisses the impact of racism, instead acknowledge that class and race oppressions are intertwined and that the former drives the latter, so we need to end capitalism in order to undo marginalization. And to do so in solidarity means you also need to take an anti-racist line and stand in solidarity with marginalized people.

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      3 hours ago

      I think you need to look at prison sentencing disparities if you don’t think white people have it easier than black people.