• Danatronic@lemmy.world
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    1 year ago

    It is weird, because the entire point of racist ideology in America has historically been for personal gain by slaveowners, but now it’s just objectively hurting their states’ economies. Are they really getting that much benefit from exploitation like prison labor and such, or are they just so stuck in their ways that they’d rather feel powerful over others at their own expense?

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      They’d rather feel powerful over others at their own expense?

      Yes. Was there ever a question? This is the conservative ideology.