White people in general and white men specifically are in fact the biggest victims of the American regime 1/
They are the biggest victims of interracial violence and police shootings yet perennially play the part of public enemy numero uno 2/
They are the butt of every joke, they are not allowed to celebrate their heroes and symbols and myths, but are contioned to worship the "Other" instead and denigrate and ignore what is theirs 3/
We have effectively codified anti-white bias into our culture, our government, into the public psyche 4/
On top of all this they aren't allowed to defend themselves or have been conditioned to not even realize they are under attack or to rationalize what is happening to them as something they deserve or is somehow good 5/
As a result, they have been and continue to be fleeced by Obama and Trump, Republicans and Democrats alike. They are the expendable demographic, the quintessential "forgotten man" 6/
Why do I care? Because whites in general and white men specifically still constitute and will continue to constitute for the foreseeable future the single largest support base of populism. Truth is nonwhites supplement this social force but they are not the mainspring 7/
So I'm happy to be part of this as a brown man but I can't help but notice the obstacle of fighting a war with our largest troop contingent demoralized and terrified and deprived of basic dignity 8/

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