Systemic Oppression Of The Lower Classes Of The USA

Old Man Jingles

Rat out of a cage
I remember when I was a high school student and on into my first couple of years of college that I was a Liberal Hippy-type believer.
I found this enumeration (see below) of the Systemic Oppression of the lower economic classes of the USA and I believed this back then and even most aspects of it today. I don't believe Socialism will work as that system drags all down to the lower levels of the working class.

I decided that this was the system in the USA and I would 'alter my behavior' and mimic the behavior and thinking of the Ruling Class.
I cut my hair, shaved my beard and started wearing the clothing of the USA Business Society and realized the monetary rewards for doing so.
As soon as I retired, I let my hair grow out, grew a beard and started wearing Hippy type clothing but I did not abandon all I learned by
immersing myself in the USA Business Culture. The USA Business Culture is one based in logic and mathematics and an attitude of
'dog eat dog' and survival of the fittest or more concisely stated, a merit system.
  1. “American life is structured around an advanced capitalist society.”
  2. “Government is organized to serve the needs of the capitalist ruling class.”
  3. “Criminal law and crime control protect the interests of the ruling class.”
  4. “Society is prepared to oppress the lower economic classes through any means necessary.”
  5. “Only a society based on socialism will solve the crime problem.”
 
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vantexan

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I remember when I was a high school student and on into my first couple of years of college that I was a Liberal Hippy-type believer.
I found this enumeration (see below) of the Systemic Oppression of the lower economic classes of the USA and I believed this back then and even most aspects of it today. I don't believe Socialism will work as that system drags all down to the lower levels of the working class.

I decided that this was the system in the USA and I would 'alter my behavior' and mimic the behavior and thinking of the Ruling Class.
I cut my hair, shaved my beard and started wearing the clothing of the USA Business Society and realized the monetary rewards for doing so.
As soon as I retired, I let my hair grow out, grew a beard and started wearing Hippy type clothing but I did not abandon all I learned by
immersing myself in the USA Business Culture. The USA Business Culture is one based in logic and mathematics and an attitude of
'dog eat dog' and survival of the fittest or more concisely stated, a merit system.
  1. “American life is structured around an advanced capitalist society.”
  2. “Government is organized to serve the needs of the capitalist ruling class.”
  3. “Criminal law and crime control protect the interests of the ruling class.”
  4. “Society is prepared to oppress the lower economic classes through any means necessary.”
  5. “Only a society based on socialism will solve the crime problem.”
Reminds me of Willie Nelson in his early years, clean cut and wearing a suit.
 

Old Man Jingles

Rat out of a cage
It's looking more and more like there is no Systemic Racism.

Is the Electoral College systemic racism? Some advocates and experts think so.
Proposition 113 on the November ballot in Colorado shines a light on the nation’s electoral system at a moment of racial reckoning

The current national reckoning on racial inequality is leading Americans to grapple with questions of systemic racism throughout many of the nation’s most long-standing institutions, whether policing, education or housing. One more disputed institution that Colorado voters will confront in the November election: the Electoral College.

The Electoral College is connected to slavery, according to experts and historians, via a Constitutional Convention compromise that allowed each slave to be counted as three-fifths of a person for the purposes of allotting membership to the U.S. House of Representatives, which in turn largely determined the number of electoral votes for each state.

The legacy is reflected in modern times, some experts say, and it’s part of the debate on Proposition 113 — which asks whether Colorado should join a movement of states in electing the president by the national popular vote, circumventing the traditional Electoral College system. And it’s not the only relevant issue: Some say the disparate influence allotted to certain states over others disadvantages voters of color.
 
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