R.I.P to all of the victims..,,I made this post in the Roe v Wade thread:
It's incredible that these conversations are still being had in the 2020s.
I've always said that the issue that ends up stopping the American Empire will not be a foreign enemy, but societal upheaval.
You can only operate a society that is built to sustain one particular demographic for so long. Look at Southern Africa to see the repercussions. The white male disenfranchised are a source of power to political elite for now, but they are also its biggest threat, which is why policies are geared towards them. But you cannot keep skewing policies to appease them in the face of changing demographics.
At the end of the day, they are still poor. And the system has been designed to suit the rich. Ultimately the country will descend into class and race warfare unless truly equitable policymaking is put in place. Things seem to be getting worse with a whole party actively trying to strongarm the democratic process and disenfranchise the black vote...this is happening today. I could go on about this, but there's too much to say.
We've seen flashpoints over the decades...riots, domestic terrorism etc. These things will get worse unless the divide in truly breached. Both sides seem to be hurtling towards extremism. Yet for liberals it's an extreme form of pacifism.
Unfortunately, incidents like this may only get worse as it's an extreme reaction to increasing minority and decreasing majority populations. Given the birth rates of blacks in America, there would always reach a point where the black population would exceed the white population, or even have the numbers where it becomes a strong economic and political bloc. Actions have been taken to hamper the black population growth; mass incarceration, proliferation of guns and drugs in black communities, reduction of the flow of resources into black communities, state-sanction killings of black folk, HIV epidemic etc. Even the disbanding and subsequent prosecution of the Black Panther Party is part of it. Do we even need to get into 'Black Wall Street'?
I'm digressing a bit, but this sort of sets the stage. As I alluded to in my post that I quoted, it's neo-fascist right wing Republicanism that will continue to drive these terrorists to commit these acts, and there is not much to stop it. Gun control is only part of the problem. These people are being indoctrinated online, and there's really no legislation for it. They will continue to go down the rabbit hole and blame black people as the source of their problems, when America has literally been built for people of their backgrounds to thrive. The rise of nationalism and populism throughout the Western world should be a red flag.
Ultimately in order to protect ourselves, at minimum you must be armed at all times. These people are not playing by your own rules. Black people are the least protected group in America...maybe Native Americans can also have a say in that, and you can't expect the system that has been designed to subjugate you to also protect you. You must be armed in America. There has to be a rise in black militias - within the confines of the law. Black folk need to signal to this hidden enemy that they are not for play, and they will protect their communities at all costs. All of these I'm talking about would involve serious grassroots mobilization. It's about community building. Unfortunately, black economic elites are not politically motivated enough. Many will even tell you there is no systemic racism, simply because they live outside the confines of it.
What I can do is type from my own little corner of the internet, because it's frustrating to see all this unfold in real time, because I can see where things are headed in the US, and it's not pretty. I said I give it another 40/50 or so years for the ship to be righted, or it will be pure bedlam. And if black people are not empowered by that time, it will be a martial-law styled rule that benefits mainly the elite, where even the most basic decisions would be determined for you. Since all I'm doing is typing for now, I can only advise y'all to be armed and ready.
