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[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

You do realize that those were condoned by the state, right? That the state actively enabled racism in the so-called US?

[–] bionicjoey@lemmy.ca 8 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

No, they were extrajudicial killings, which by definition means not using the justice system. They were condoned by the communities who performed them. And yeah the state enabled them by not punishing them, but it was the community who made them happen. If the communities hadn't wanted to lynch people, people wouldn't have been getting lynched. You think things would have been different in those cases if those southern towns were self-governing collectives?

Hell, do you think that desegregation ever would have happened in southern towns if there hasn't been a hierarchical government? The US literally had to send the military to protect black schoolkids in southern towns when they desegregated schools. What do you think would have happened if those communities didn't have a hierarchical state governing them?

[–] Prunebutt@slrpnk.net 0 points 5 months ago

No, I think that those killings wouldn't have happened if there weren't people in power whose private interests where best served by reinforcing racism. Anger against minorities is usually fostered in order to distract people from class conflict.

I don't know. Maybe the Black Panthers would have entered these communities if the state didn't sabotage their right for self-defence?