PERSPECTIVE:
Many years ago, LBJ articulated (in different words) that the rich white conservative establishment in America was happy to keep frictions between poor whites and minorities.
Many years ago, LBJ articulated (in different words) that the rich white conservative establishment in America was happy to keep frictions between poor whites and minorities.
It allowed the whites to maintain grievances and blame minorities, specifically blacks, while the elite conservatives establishment got away with untold crimes.
It was divide and conquer, pure and simple. What made it so cynical is that while they rejected fascism and communism, this was a bedrock principle. While their approaches were different, MLK and Malcolm X saw through the conservative ruse.
So it's no coincidence that today that the conservatives are desperately deploying divide and conquer tactics, but they are failing. While their followers are in lock step, the majority of the nation rejects it.
The coalescence of blacks, whites, Asians and Hispanics on the streets in a complete diverse repudiation of their oppression and denial of human let alone civil rights is more than they can bear.
Therefore, the conservative elites, and their legion of uninformed followers would rather destroy all that America is, and what she stands for, rather than share one scintilla of the American dream - or their corruptly obtained wealth and power - with anyone else.
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