GollumMar 14

The radical left

https://feddit.org/post/27090117

Show threadblarghlyMar 14

I was talking to a Polish friend about Polish politics. He said in Poland, like in the US, they had both conservative and liberal policies - but that the topics for debate were different. In Poland, the conservatives agreed with the liberals on things like healthcare funding, supporting higher education, and funding transit projects. All these things were non-issues in Polish politics.

“Well,” says I, “Then I’m confused. If the conservatives and liberals agree on all those things, then what makes them different? What makes the conservatives, conservative?”

“Ah, you see,” he says, “They’re racist. That’s the whole thing - they’re just racist.”

Show threadsomeguy3Mar 14
I’m convinced the reason the US doesn’t have universal anything is because ‘then the blacks would get it’.
Show threadCanadaPlusMar 14

Historically, yes. But in 2026, if you think that you better hide it. Even in MAGA crowds, although there it can be less well hidden.

In eastern Europe there isn’t really centuries of troubled race relations to look back at, so you might just hear “all blacks out”.

Show threadsomeguy3
Now it’s hidden as consumer choice or something.
Mar 14 at 8:08pmWeb
Show threadCanadaPlusMar 14

Or actually everyone else is discriminating against whites somehow, or vague “cultural identity” which is definitely about being white, but they have the one brown person as their spokesperson so they can deny it. Dog whistles will probably be everywhere, but if one in specific is pointed out it was “a mistake”.

There’s a few tricks, and enough racists kicking around they get used a lot. But yeah, you’ll never see the actual thing come out completely in any public forum, or even causally with other white people who might not be in the club.