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[–] orcrist@lemm.ee 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Of course rich folk will look for allies among poor folk. Play off the people against each other. This strategy is centuries old ... no wait, millennia old.

You don't mend a divide. That's pointing to the divide as the problem, when the real problem is discrimination.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

No, the real problem is hatred. Bigots hate the people they are bigoted against. That is not a rich vs. poor thing. I've gotten attacked by more than one poor bigot. Plenty of people from minority communities have.

This whole idea where everyone but the rich will get together and sing kumbaya and then win the class war and create a utopia is ridiculously naive and, as far as I can think, only comes from people who have never had a bigot get into their face and hate them because of who they are.