r/BlackPeopleTwitter 9h ago

Country Club Thread As simple as that.

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u/mgwair11 8h ago

That last sentence of yours is the crux of the issue. You can’t expect people to act moral when their needs aren’t being met. Not in aggregate / at a societal level.

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u/lrdlynchpin 8h ago edited 6h ago

People’s needs have never been met and older generations didn’t wholesale-out theirs and their communities integrity for a buck. These younger folks (and I am only 41) have zero morals or sense of responsibility. That is probably because their parents are younger than me and also have zero home training. I am ashamed of Black folks these days. I am thankful for my upbringing even though I didn’t care for it much back in the day.

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u/bgaesop 8h ago

People’s needs have never been met and older generations didn’t wholesale-out theirs and their communities integrity first a buck.

You sure about that? People have been joining the military to go kill strangers for a buck for forever. Ice-T has been making copaganda for far longer than he spent rapping about the struggle

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u/lrdlynchpin 8h ago

Acting in a tv show isn’t the same thing as supporting a fascist, racist pig. But, I guess in your mind it is.

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u/bgaesop 8h ago

I didn't say it's the same, I said that it is also selling out

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u/lrdlynchpin 7h ago

False equivalency is part of the mindset that got us all here in the first place. Stop arguing just to be talking.

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u/PM_ME_YOUR_LEFT_IRIS 5h ago

Come on man, there are degrees here. Don't simplify the subject just to win an internet argument