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Easier
Although I'd love to see more class-conscious memes and activism.
Yes, it's harder to be black/hispanic/asian in many places. Yes, it's harder to be a woman. Yes, it's harder to be LGBT, especially T. But what really sucks so hard and hits almost all of us (and minorities often get it even worse due to workplace discrimination and lower rates of ownership!) is the oppression of the working class.
Our most unscrupulous and evil oppressors don't lose all that much from retranslating slogans about equality between people of all genders, races, sexual orientations etc.; in fact, they will play chameleon and pretend to support any dominant rhetoric - except the one that can actually make a giant change, but at their expense - the rhetoric of a class war. Combine this with corporate power and reach, and you'll see how we got to addressing literally anything but not the elephant in the room.
Worker-led societies generally promote equal access to jobs, education and services to people of all ethnicities, genders and other traits, bolster a culture of global friendship and cooperation, and promote sustainable development that puts people - all people - first.
It's in our common interest to put class war as our very first priority - for the greater good of us all.
Depends heavily on context. For example, for virtually anything involving the criminal justice system it's easier to be a woman. In some careers it's easier to be a woman (for example, anything to do with children). I could come up with more examples if you want.
Sure, I meant overall and in a wide sense. There is plenty of instances where being a man is harder, there are places where being white could lead to discrimination against you, etc. etc.
But that is beyond my point.
Where is it harder to be hispanic or black? In Hispanola or Africa? Life isn't equally oppressive across the entire world
Oh, me, me! I'm based in the US, but here are a few 🤗
Of course, these have different levels of severity, some of these are not just applicable to POC, but this was a sampler of you will. Hope that helps!
Thanks for the list! I'd be a dirty liar if I said none of the points applied to Canada, as I've experienced 3 of those personally. But not the entire list. Seems to me that the US is not a very good place to be non-Aryan. So why not move somewhere cooler?
Can't afford it myself, and I don't know any country lacking insurance adjusters 😅
I'd say it's not a good place to be Aryan at all.
And maybe you shouldn't misuse the same words the Nazis intentionally misused in the future.
I'd say the term has since been appropriated, the same way that all facial tissues are mostly referred to as kleenex. If the proper Aryans wanted exclusive right to the name, they should have made more use of it
Yeah, stupid ethnic group just allowing a genocidal European nation on another continent co-opt their identity like that!
Just like those other people from India just allowing Europeans to call the people indigenous to the Americas by that name too.
Clearly if they were superior, like ~~white people~~ true Aryans, they would have protected the name by international trademark.
Finally, someone gets it. If trademarking intellectual property was wrong, Disney wouldn't have pioneered the field!
It was super clear what the other commenter meant, and you're just looking for conflict and thought policing everywhere I met you. Don't.
The reports of my psychic powers have been greatly exaggerated.
Sure, fair point. In certain places, it might actually be harder to be white, even.
That's just a general statement on my side, a kind of example.