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    12 days ago

    Trump is the symptom, not the disease. The disease is capitalism (built upon settler colonialism and slavery)

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      12 days ago

      There’s always some explanation that avoids an American from having to feel any kind of personal responsibility.

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        9 days ago

        Care to expand on that point? I’ve been trying to piece together exactly what you mean but I haven’t been able to figure out how me pointing out how the issues are systemic to the settler colonialism of it is me avoiding responsibility. I didn’t vote for him, I didn’t advocate for voting for him either.