> So despite the fact that my family has never "killed and genocided the original land dwellers, kidnapped, raped and enslaved people" somehow my family and I still contribute to the issue.
Yes, that is what I'm saying. Many people participate in this system of oppression without intentionally doing so. It is very difficult to avoid, but even many products that you use and purchase contribute to a system of oppression that in return helps increase profits for companies that were formed by the oppression that I mentioned and who actively lobby and persuade public opinion to continue the oppression.
> Sure. Exploitation and market forces are a part of human society. Baselessly calling everybody evil without offering any sort of solution does nothing except help convince yourself that you're some kind of martyr.
150 or so years ago people would have said, child labor is part of society. Marrying 12/13/14 year olds is just part of society. Blacks not being vote is just part of society.
Do you want to be in the group that excused the behavior, or the group that was opposed to and helped change it?
We're not talking about entitlement here. If you want to talk about entitlement, then look at people who feel entitled to oppress and make life difficult for the minority or those placed into a situation where economically they had a far less chance at being successful, and maybe that had to do with morals... yes, you have the opportunity to get rich in America, but often that comes with sacrificing your morals in order to do so. Are you suggesting somehow that people willing to commit immoral actions to gain wealth are more entitled?
You’re like the caricature of a woke college student. You’re never in a million years going to convince me that somehow I’m responsible for the housing crisis in California.
You have contributed precisely ZERO substance to the topic at hand. Instead of mentioning restrictive zoning and prop 13, you rant about genocide, rape, child labor, and black suffrage.
Do you have any point at all? I suspect you’re just a narcissist who thinks they’re saving the world.
Yes, that is what I'm saying. Many people participate in this system of oppression without intentionally doing so. It is very difficult to avoid, but even many products that you use and purchase contribute to a system of oppression that in return helps increase profits for companies that were formed by the oppression that I mentioned and who actively lobby and persuade public opinion to continue the oppression.
> Sure. Exploitation and market forces are a part of human society. Baselessly calling everybody evil without offering any sort of solution does nothing except help convince yourself that you're some kind of martyr.
150 or so years ago people would have said, child labor is part of society. Marrying 12/13/14 year olds is just part of society. Blacks not being vote is just part of society.
Do you want to be in the group that excused the behavior, or the group that was opposed to and helped change it?
We're not talking about entitlement here. If you want to talk about entitlement, then look at people who feel entitled to oppress and make life difficult for the minority or those placed into a situation where economically they had a far less chance at being successful, and maybe that had to do with morals... yes, you have the opportunity to get rich in America, but often that comes with sacrificing your morals in order to do so. Are you suggesting somehow that people willing to commit immoral actions to gain wealth are more entitled?