• OmegaMan@lemmings.world
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    7 days ago

    This is one of those weird obsessions I never understood. They think if the power goes out it will trigger a race war. Like normal people will think: “Oh my God… The lights are out… Finally I can kill black people without anyone seeing!” Like they believe that everyone secretly is as racist as them and just waiting for the opportunity to kill.

    It’s part of this Hollywood apocalypse trope where if there’s a disaster everyone turns on each other. In reality we see the opposite happen. Communities struck by disasters come together, not apart.

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        7 days ago

        The moment colonists arrived the power kept going out and they would use the time to kill. Then, when the power came back on, they would blame the other people and get everyone mad at them. Electricity is what makes colonists bad.

        • 反いじめ戦隊@ani.social
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          6 days ago

          Buffalo, wells, crops, even the white man’s fly, all used to genocide natives and strip them of their energy. Fat & oils were natives main source power consumption.