▲ 113 ▼ The libs are angry and democrats don't like it (hexbear.net) submitted 1 year ago by HarryLime@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net 43 comments fedilink hide all child comments https://www.axios.com/2025/07/07/democrats-trump-resistance-violence-congress
[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 46 points 1 year ago (3 children) Zero Sugar Nazis permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 3 child comments replies: [–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago (2 children) I see them as basically leaning super hard into white man's burden type racism and imperialism except they've replaced it with american and western capitalist burden so it's less obviously racist and they can feel even more smug and superior to the rest of humanity permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago The theoretical roots of the US political divide goes back to: "We should kill all the natives because they're racially inferior" vs "As a progressive, the natives are only culturally inferior, and if we destroy their culture and force them to adopt ours at gunpoint, we can make them civilized." Underneath it all, that's who they each are. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago Are you telling me a bunch of old rich people are fantastically out of touch with the common citizen? Why, I shan't believe it! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ElChapoDeChapo@hexbear.net 37 points 1 year ago (2 children) I see them as basically leaning super hard into white man's burden type racism and imperialism except they've replaced it with american and western capitalist burden so it's less obviously racist and they can feel even more smug and superior to the rest of humanity permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago The theoretical roots of the US political divide goes back to: "We should kill all the natives because they're racially inferior" vs "As a progressive, the natives are only culturally inferior, and if we destroy their culture and force them to adopt ours at gunpoint, we can make them civilized." Underneath it all, that's who they each are. permalink fedilink source parent [–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago Are you telling me a bunch of old rich people are fantastically out of touch with the common citizen? Why, I shan't believe it! permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Zuzak@hexbear.net 40 points 1 year ago The theoretical roots of the US political divide goes back to: "We should kill all the natives because they're racially inferior" vs "As a progressive, the natives are only culturally inferior, and if we destroy their culture and force them to adopt ours at gunpoint, we can make them civilized." Underneath it all, that's who they each are. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] FlakesBongler@hexbear.net 23 points 1 year ago Are you telling me a bunch of old rich people are fantastically out of touch with the common citizen? Why, I shan't believe it! permalink fedilink source parent
