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We recently wrapped up an #EconlibReads online reading group on Tyranny Comes Home: The Domestic Fate of U.S Militarism. Authors Abby Hall and Chris Coyne were kind enought to sit doen with me and answer some question about their work: Amy Willis (00:02): Hi, I’m Amy Willis with econ lib. Welcome to my conversation with the […]
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@ricardoharvin @dallo it all stems from the transatlantic slave trade and colonialism...
Its a rationalization of growing up as the beneficiaries of slavery...
"We are the good guys, we must be brutalizing these people because they are bad, right? Right."
Slavery and equality are incompatible and the people at the top dont believe in equality, they actually think they are somehow better than... so they continue this system of oppression because they think, pehaps rightly, that being oppressive is what keeps them on top.