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Racism and Race are The (Primary) Answer — (Part IV)
(Note: Part I is at: https://medium.com/@marxgeo/equity-and-justice-is-it-primarily-class-part-i-a4ddaf3344c9, Part II is at: https://medium.com/@marxgeo/equity-and-justice-part-ii-69cbdaa792b4, and Part III is at: https://medium.com/@marxgeo/is-race-most-important-part-iii-5d90a1ca5b5f )
Racism and Race — ARE The (Primary) Answer — Part IV
Marxism and Socialism fail as being “The Answer”. They are very important tied in with racism and other systemic oppression.
“The Working Class” in opposition to “The Owning Class” is a simple binary. Envisioning “The Revolution” of The People overthrowing our despotic wealthy people has historic precedents which are especially relevant today.
Post World War I Germany grew increasingly split between radical causes of the left and the right. The right played upon the fears and traumas of the day. Hitler and his Nazi brethren scapegoated Jews, Gypsies, Gay-Lesbian People, and Differently Abled People.
Today’s scapegoats include: Socialists (often middle of the road Democrats), Trans People, Immigrants, The Chinese as well as Putin.
While class is often minimized — denied and ignored, it also doesn’t work as a simple binary. It is certainly true that core parts of the Super Wealthy build useful alliances. They strongly support a divide and conquer strategy which disempowers and overpowers…
