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[–] 86 points 1 year ago (12 children)

I dunno. I kinda consider 9/11 to be the shifting point. That’s when racism came roaring back and also the introduction of the Patriot Act. The 2008 crash was just the solidification of the shit show to come.

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  • [–] 40 points 1 year ago (3 children)

    The LA race riots and Clintons going on about "super-predators" would like a word with you about racism going away in the 90's

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    Didn’t say that it wasn’t there. Just that it got a lot worse after 9/11 and the following years.

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  • [–] 20 points 1 year ago

    9/11 was a pretext for doing what they wanted to do anyway. Kind of like how the Olympics in LA was the pretext they needed to militarize the police there.

    Finding a pretext isn't hard, but sometimes events outside of your control just kinda hand one to you.

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  • [–] 17 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    The 2008 crash was also the result of Greenspan and Bush’s 0% interest rate bullshit that prevented savings and ruined the housing market while starting wars to avoid smaller correctional recessions. 9/11 was the excuse, so I kinda caused all this, in a way.

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  • [–] 15 points 1 year ago (4 children)

    Guys, guys. We all know the true inflection point. Harambe.

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