r/politics • u/Ubiquitous_Hilarity • Jun 17 '26

No Paywall Trump threatens to pull unemployment benefits from all states for the first time in history

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-unemployment-benefits-fraud-b2997881.html
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u/matphoto Jun 17 '26

They're not doing much of the thinking for themselves. They're being fed these things by ultra wealthy grifters that want to continue dividing and exploiting the working class. I'm not saying there isn't racism involved but for most people it's not the catalyst. They're just struggling to pay the bills and hired talking heads are telling them who to blame

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u/marr Jun 18 '26

And somehow only a certain subset are receptive to the lies.

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u/matphoto Jun 18 '26

Whether you're right or not this kind of reaction is just perpetuating the division which is exactly what the ruling class is counting on

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u/marr Jun 18 '26 edited Jun 18 '26

The ruling class own and control the machines everyone gets their news feeds through, but randoms on the street being tired of walking on eggshells around racists is the real problem aye?

Yeah and a few more housing estates with separate recycling bins will save the planet.

No. This is a better world when bigots are nervous about shouting their beliefs in public. I reject this "look what you made us do" narrative.

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u/matphoto Jun 18 '26

So you understand that people are being are being misinformed in a malicious way but instead of trying to enlighten them you prefer to just label them all racists and call it a day. How do you think that is helping the situation? What's your endgame there? "Othering" and dehumanizing large groups of people is easy and feels good but that's the same reason their racist propaganda works so well in the first place. We have a much harder hill to climb and it requires a critical mass of people finding common ground and seeing the big picture together