“but it is unbearable, because i am pretending it was rigged.”
pure genius.
i was surprised ( and then, not surprised ) to learn from heather cox richardson that the first time “socialism” was trotted out as the big scare was reconstruction!
it seems always to be used to inspire fear in white people that they’re going to lose something. ( when, of course, the only people in danger of losing something are the very richest of white people. and even then it’s only differential power. everyone benefits when everyone has the means to fully participate in society. )
