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lees1975

(3,859 posts) Mon Mar 25, 2024, 07:06 PM Mar 25

Yes, it's a rant and there will be plenty of them. Time to face facts.

https://signalpress.blogspot.com/2024/03/justice-will-never-be-served-in-america.html

People like Trump always get advantages, always beat the rules, always. It's a fixed system. I call it two Americas. There's ordinary America, the one in which we live, the majority of the population that works for a living, doesn't have the luxury of living without being in debt, and either follows the rule of law, or faces the consequences immediately. We have no influence, no power to direct actions on our own behalf, and suffer the consequences if we step out of line. Our possessions are repossessed when we don't pay our bills, if the bank raises interest rates on our loans, we pay, and a whopping percentage of Americans suffer having their credit rating under the control of an unknown, faceless entity which exercises full control over their financial life. We are powerless to change it, even if a mistake is made. Too bad.

Ironically, most Trump supporters live in ordinary America, which is one of the reasons why they have idolized Trump, turning him into a character that doesn't exist, and don't seem to mind when he gets away with breaking the law and cheating the rules. They only wish they could do the same, and since he does, and gets away with it, they live vicariously through him. Hillary Clinton referred to most of them as "deplorables," and many of them really do fit that description. After watching them spew their blithering ignorance of politics, the world, history and just about everything else in interviews on social media, prior to entering one of his rallies, or voting for him in a primary or general election, I prefer the term "pathetic."

A lot of us also fall in the same category, however, because we demonstrate implicit trust in a system over which we have almost no control, but which we keep insisting we can change. We find political candidates who tell us they'll make a difference, We watch, in frustration, and get angry with our fellow ordinary Americans who have given up, and who are difficult, if not impossible, to convince that they need to do what we do, register, and go vote, because they have done it, and they have seen nothing change.
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Now we're left with the increasingly more difficult task of convincing ourselves that when we go cast our ballots in November, it will make a difference. Between now and then, will we see more egregious examples of a justice system that is powerless in the face of wealth and power, as we watch court cases against Trump fall by the wayside, or get delayed into the next century as those behind the scenes move heaven and earth to stop justice from happening to him or will someone, somewhere, actually have the courage and fortitude, and the love and respect for this country, its values and we, its people, to stand up, do the right thing, and send this antichrist fascist to prison where he belongs?

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Yes, it's a rant and there will be plenty of them. Time to face facts. (Original Post) lees1975 Mar 25 OP

I'm white and I personally doubt that Trump will ever be held accountable other than walkingman Mar 25 #1

Agree. lees1975 Mar 25 #2

walkingman

(7,616 posts)

1. I'm white and I personally doubt that Trump will ever be held accountable other than

Reply to lees1975 (Original post)

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 07:43 PM

Mar 25

maybe financially. Our system is simply not set up to deal with a POTUS who, without remorse, is willing to break every rule of decency that most people would consider "normal".

Why do about 40% of the American public embrace this type of nasty person? I think it is mainly because of historical "white supremacy". It goes back to the founding fathers that made sure that power and rights were assigned to white males.

I suspect that if you asked the question of white America...if you had to choose between democracy or white privilege, how many would choose whiteness?”I think the majority of whites would choose the latter. More so white males but probably white women would go along with their male peers.

People often ask if America is a racist country? Most white people would say no - but most of the "other than white" population say "yeah....no hell yeah".

The hope I have is that as America becomes a more multicultural society, more and more whites will admit and accept that our domestic problems is really a white problem. The inescapable truth is that the culture of white supremacy is American history and once we reject it then we will become a "more perfect union". ☮

lees1975

(3,859 posts)

2. Agree.

Reply to walkingman (Reply #1)

Mon Mar 25, 2024, 07:52 PM

Mar 25

There's rich and wealthy America in one domain, and there's white America in another. Racism is institutionalized, and while most whites don't see it, most non-whites find it to be at the core of their daily existence. I work among a predominantly mixed Latino and black community, and in those daily interactions, find it incredulous that there are a few polls showing an erosion of Latino and Black support for Biden, though some people might consider that outside the boundaries of Democratic party politics. But MAGA is the enemy, and among those people with whom I work, there's a high level of commitment, and enthusiasm, for casting a ballot against everything MAGA in November. And I think that sentiment is probably not showing up in polls that either deliberately ignore it, or which mistakenly overfactor the small percentage of individuals of color who are wealthy enough to be insulated from some racist attitudes.

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