privilege

American Privilege

Caitlyn Johnstone has been writing some pretty good articles lately. Today she hit one out of the park.

Her framing of the issue in this article is just a masterpiece - and if it catches on, it just might be a way to fight back against the warmonger Democrats in the public mind.

I'll post an excerpt below the fold, but it is really worth clicking the link to read this article in full.

If you had any doubt you're in the right place

There was this:

This is Awesome

The whip-smart editorial board at the Yale Record, the university’s humor magazine, did NOT endorse Hillary Clinton. They did make a statement explaining their decision to definitely, positively, in no way endorse the “most qualified presidential candidate in modern history”:

organic gardening and privilege

I just this morning responded to a response I had from poster CantStoptheSignal on the subject of permaculturists being dismayed by the phenomenon of what they call 'entryism', in other words, new people trying to take over their movement, which movement is, I might add, complete non political.

Now, I am a fan of CantStoptheSignal, and greatly admire that poster's acumen and brilliance as showed in many diaries and posts.

The Privilege and Arrogance of the Democratic Elite

More and more I'm seeing the problem of the Hillary Clinton campaign, Democratic establishment, and the Democrats most partisan supporters revolves around two issues:

Lack of Respect and Lack of Self-Reflection

Not just predictable lack of respect for their opponents, but a lack of respect for allies that goes even deeper.
This lack of respect stems from arrogance that is born out of a complete inability for self-reflection.

It takes a certain kind of privilege to not vote for Hillary

This is an argument we're going to hear for the next several weeks or few months as the general election campaign progresses. The implied (or sometimes explicitly stated; see LoF) privilege is that of a white male. Frequently "affluent" or some variation will also be included.

Hellraisers Journal: From the International Socialist Review: "Marching Through Mexico" by J. K. Turner


There are no limits to which
powers of privilege will not go
to keep the workers in slavery.
-Mother Jones
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Wednesday May 31, 1916
From the International Socialist Review: The Villa Expedition

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