Will Shetterly's Blog, page 27

Things shared on Feb 27ths: no bourgeois person wants working class white male privilege, and more

I have never met a bourgeois woman or PoC who wanted the privilege of a white working class man. - A class system with a growing wealth gap is how a country invades and colonizes itself. - Proposition: Given the US's racially disproportionate class system, contempt for the working class is indistinguishable from racism. - Just got the cruelest spam a writer can get. The title: Why isn't

Bernie and Birdie: Meanwhile, on Wall Street....

Things shared on Feb 24ths: fairness vs justice, economic justice vs social justice, more

I'd rather talk about fairness than justice. Too many people who talk about justice are more obsessed with judging others than with making a fair world. - Social justice explains why oppressed groups in the US are better off today than they were in the 1960s. Economic justice explains why the gap between the rich and the poor is worse than it was in the 1960s. - The class system is the

Bernie and Birdie: What does Russia want?

Things shared on Feb. 23rds

Capitalism isn't inherently racist and sexist; it's historically racist and sexist. Neoliberals want identity-blind capitalism, which is possible in theory. But in reality, capitalism's limited class mobility will keep its racist and sexist past with us until wealth is shared. - The people who say Bernie Sanders is "too white" don't care that he's most popular with black people. Identitarians

Bernie and Birdie: Did we change sides?

"Bernie and Birdie" by W. Ffolkes-Deville

Things shared on Feb 17ths: on hoax hate crimes, muslims vs islamists, more

1. People who commit hoax hate crimes are mentally ill—they want attention. Have some pity for them. 2. “Believe the victim” is a bad approach because it presumes guilt. Better to treat accusers and the accused humanely while we seek the truth. 3. If you want to blame someone when hoax hate crimes are made, blame the people who believe the accused is guilty. A century ago, they would have

Things shared on Feb 16ths: blame Facebook instead of the Russians, more

This country has never had a Jewish President. People who call Sanders "an old white man" to argue he shouldn't run are playing with antisemitism. - If neoliberals are correct that Russia swung the election, shouldn’t their ire be directed at the US tool which they claim Russia used, Facebook? - Social media is designed to manipulate us. That’s the business model: Rich people pay FB and

Things shared on Feb 14ths: my best Valentine's Day advice, and more

My best Valentine's Day advice No matter how sure you are of your sweetheart's love, never stop trying to win it. This has kept Emma and me together for more three decades. Which is to say, yeah, Valentine's Day has been commercialized unbearably, but that's no reason not to do something a little special today for someone you care about. Which applies to all the days that have not been