Mastodawn

Of all of the people living on Earth, only 4% are US citizens.

Less than 3% of the world's population are white US citizens.

Less than 1.8% of the world's people are white US citizens that support fascist, racist, policies.

The point: A very small number of people can make life awful for everyone.

The problem isn't "white people." Most white people on Earth don't choose this.

The problem isn't "Americans." Most Americans don't choose this either.

The problem isn't even "racist nazis." Most countries on Earth aren't silly enough to let the racist nazis be in charge, and aren't this strong.

Chronologically, we are closer to 2060 than to 1960. But ideologically, racist Americans would rather bring 1960 back, than progress to 2060.🤦🏿‍♂️

This is embarrassing.

The other 98.2% of the people on Earth reject this vision like a cat throwing up a hairball: vigorously, with much noise and retching.

Racism was a useful tool for adding to a nation's wealth in the 1800s and prior.

In the 1900s it was net neutral.

From this point on and into the future, racism is a negative that leads to a nation's downfall and decline. Some of you want to argue with me about this even as the US economy spirals.

The US is barely holding on after 100 days of our re-invigorated racism. Picture where we would be after 100 years of this mess.

We have exactly two choices:

1) Grow up. Get our racism under control.

2) Hang on to our precious racism, and go down with the ship as the world leaves us behind.

If you're thinking "How dare you call racism a useful tool!" or "We should end racism because it's the right thing to do, not to stop national decline!"

1st, unclutch your pearls, then unclench your cheeks.

2nd, I don't know if you've been paying attention, but US folk don't just do the right thing.

Daniel Temme May 1, 2025

@mekkaokereke I think you're a bit optimistic about the rest of the world. Doesn't really change the choices though

Hey Gus May 1, 2025

@mekkaokereke the consequences in what you list as the 1.8% (I believe you, I don’t know the statistics though) have not yet been felt. Once they start suffering by being enslaved into manufacturing jobs, censored media, removal of various choices they’ll maybe then start to understand that racism was only a tool to get them to put the regime into power.

I still don’t even really believe the current regime cares much at all about racism. They care about wealth and power.

Curioso 🍉 🇺🇦 (jgg)May 1, 2025

Sadly, there are plenty of racist, fascist people out of the US. Many of them aren't even white. It's a matter of privilege, of course.

Right, the US is where they can do more damage. But having friends abroad always help to make those morons bolder. And it goes both ways.

Claire McNab May 1, 2025

@mekkaokereke Racism is one part of the wider problem of #imperialism.

A big majority of USAnians are imperialists. They don't just support the North American empire and is global war machine and its rapacious extractive capitalism.

Last November, 75,017,613 USAnians voted to continue the #GenocideJoe policy of funding and arming genocide in #Gaza. Now they yelp while Trump does real evils, but only a fragment as nasty as what they voted to do to Gaza. They are #WhineyGenociders

Joe Alexander May 6, 2025

@2legged Harris didn't run on continuing the war in Gaza, you bought a lie.

coldclimate May 1, 2025

@mekkaokereke do you think there is a real risk of a US civil war? It's something I've dwelled on for a long time. Billionaires and their sycophants verses the rest?

Mark vW May 1, 2025

@mekkaokereke Tribalism, in all its permutations and expressions, is a helluva drug. We need to make our tribe more inclusive so that we can compete against the other tribes.

Anders von Hadern 🐦‍🔥May 1, 2025

@mekkaokereke Racism was never useful. Instead it always brought pain. If considered a "tool" it was and is nothing but torture for no reason.

Cavyherd May 1, 2025

Well, in fairness, the US public does sometimes do the right thing. Eventually.

(Cue the famous Churchill quote. I guess we just haven't exhausted the alternatives yet. 😖)

gunstick May 1, 2025

@mekkaokereke the "rest of the world nazis in power" percentage is not zero. you should also count the facists in other countries:
Putin
Hamas
Netanyahu
...

Millie May 1, 2025

@gunstick @mekkaokereke
Orban, Erdogan, Milei, Bukele, Lukashenko... it's a long list unfortunately.

gunstick May 2, 2025

@gyro @mekkaokereke the ... in my post does some very heavy lifting.

nickapos May 2, 2025

@mekkaokereke Unfortunately there is a rise of racism across the world. So your percentages are a bit different.
In the most recent elections in the UK (yesterday) the reform party which represents the far right racists are doing quite well.
The trend exists in most western countries.

Kevin LaRose,aka Grumpasaurus May 3, 2025

@mekkaokereke @KrissyKat I’d actually go as far as to posit many would actually prefer to take us back to 1860.

Milcom Miasma May 3, 2025

If only there was a way to spot that 1.8%... 🤔 😆

KeksKopf May 4, 2025

@mekkaokereke even if it was useful it still would be racism

vic-tor-menta 🇵🇸🏳️‍🌈🍉

De todas las personas que viven en la Tierra, solo el 4% son ciudadanos estadounidenses.

Menos del 3% de la población mundial son ciudadanos estadounidenses blancos.

Menos del 1,8% de la población mundial son ciudadanos estadounidenses blancos que apoyan políticas fascistas y racistas.

La cuestión: Un número muy pequeño de personas puede hacer la vida imposible para todos.

El problema no son los "blancos". La mayoría de los blancos en la Tierra no eligen esto.

El problema no son los "estadounidenses". La mayoría de los estadounidenses tampoco lo eligen.

El problema ni siquiera son los "nazis racistas". La mayoría de los países de la Tierra no son tan tontos como para dejar que los nazis racistas gobiernen, y no son tan fuertes.

Cronológicamente, estamos más cerca de 2060 que de 1960. Pero ideológicamente, los estadounidenses racistas prefieren regresar a 1960 antes que progresar hasta 2060. 🤦🏿‍♂️

Esto es vergonzoso.

El 98,2 % restante de la población mundial rechaza esta visión como un gato que vomita una bola de pelo: con vehemencia, ruido y arcadas.

El racismo fue una herramienta útil para aumentar la riqueza de una nación en los 1800 y antes.

En 1900 era neutral.

A partir de ahora y en el futuro, el racismo es algo negativo que conduce a la caída y el declive de una nación. Algunos de ustedes quieren discutir conmigo sobre esto incluso mientras la economía estadounidense se desploma.

Estados Unidos apenas se mantiene a flote después de 100 días de nuestro racismo revigorizado. Imaginen dónde estaríamos después de 100 años de este desastre. Tenemos exactamente dos opciones:

1) Madurar. Controlar nuestro racismo.

2) Aferrarnos a nuestro preciado racismo y hundirnos con el barco mientras el mundo nos deja atrás.

@mekkaokereke and one song that was written *20* years ago perfectly sums up the US.

Written by three people, Billie Joe Armstrong, Mike Dirnt, and Tre Cool, yes, "American Idiot" by Green Day, the title and opening track of the album of the same name.

Jorge Candeias May 8, 2025

@mekkaokereke Those are nice sentiments, but unfortunately we've got way too many of the very same crap out here in Europe. We've got them in power in Hungary and in Slovenia, not to mention Russia, and, in somewhat different versions, in Italy and in the Netherlands, we've got them in parliaments everywhere, making a whole lot of noise and stoking trouble. We've got them barely contained. Just barely.

You've fallen, yes. But we're not that far behind.

wasabi brain May 8, 2025

@mekkaokereke not feeling hopeful when whites would rather make life much harder for themselves than bear the thought of one undeserving black person getting food stamps or unemployment or healthcare or enjoying any social welfare benefit.

@mekkaokereke You said a mouthful, and a lot of people are going to choke on that last bit.