We should have broke off with the south when we had the chance. But, no. We tried to play fair.
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Submitted 10 months ago by Buttflapper@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Gingerlegs@lemmy.world 10 months ago
rumschlumpel@feddit.org 10 months ago
People feel that their quality of life is going downhill and the propagandists presented an easy scapegoat to distract from the rich.
nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 10 months ago
It never stopped, it was just quiet about it. But now apparently it is okay to be loud.
EABOD25@lemm.ee 10 months ago
Superiority complexes, hero complexes, tribalism, religion, influencers, up-bringing, predisposition…
Rottcodd@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Because people are miserable and desperate and they want to blame someone or something, and bigotry is simple and superficially satisfying.
And because some number of those who actually are to blame for their misery and desperation have self-servingly encouraged them.
carmanut@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Oh they were still racist. They just felt like they had to hide it. And now they no longer feel the need to hide.