Nevermind, here;I'm driving myself crazy trying to rediscover this article, I think it was probably on substack, which made essentially this argument, that the new political divide was between "democracies" actually governed by entrenched unelected bureaucracies acting on the orders and bribes of oligarchs regardless of who was supposedly in charge vs populist strongmen who maintained quality of life for average citizenry in exchange for loyalty and swatted down oligarchs who got uppity and tried to use their wealth politically to further enrich themselves at the expense of everyone else and the power of the state as a whole. Only it was better written than I've described, extensively sourced and described the ukrainian proxy war as a clash of civilizations on these grounds. Anyone know what I'm talking about?
War of the Worlds by The Honest Sorcerer said:
A price will be extracted eventually; even if it ends up being their children who are left having to foot the bill for their parents perpetrating a blood feud.You know that one Stone Toss comic reminded me of something. How will the Black Community repay all of the people they injured, killed and all of the property they damaged during 'peaceful protests'?
Peaceful protests + just day to day crime.You know that one Stone Toss comic reminded me of something. How will the Black Community repay all of the people they injured, killed and all of the property they damaged during 'peaceful protests'?
did scotus actually say that?
did scotus actually say that?
Affirmative action: US Supreme Court overturns race-based college admissions
The landmark decision strikes down decades-old policies defended as a way to boost diversity.www.bbc.com
seems like they did
The answer is both. A number of states have already stated they are going to work with their higher ed facilities to ensure equity is maintained in the face of this totally racist decision by SCOTUS. (I'm paraphrasing, but that's the gist of most of the comments I'm seeing.)The question is: what happens now?
Do the liberals run around screaming as if a big spaceship just landed on their world and Galactus stepped out?
Or will they simply ignore the SCOTUS ruling and keep on following their AA policies?
The "fix" I'm seeing thrown around now is to go by neighborhood and assign more points to blacker, poorer neighborhoods.The question is: what happens now?
Do the liberals run around screaming as if a big spaceship just landed on their world and Galactus stepped out?
Or will they simply ignore the SCOTUS ruling and keep on following their AA policies?
I don't think that's very likely, because it doesn't do anything about the root causes of ghettoficiation, and further, it's already been amply demonstrated that it's fairly socially acceptable for blacks to go on racist pogroms against asians.But I mean if that happened? It would break up the ghettos and probably improve the situation for all involved so that could potentially have some very good results.
I don't think that's very likely, because it doesn't do anything about the root causes of ghettoficiation, and further, it's already been amply demonstrated that it's fairly socially acceptable for blacks to go on racist pogroms against asians.
It only takes a few percent of the black population being willing to be violent against asians for things to get really, *really* ugly.
Plus, the people who'd be trying to implement these workarounds aren't acting in good faith in the first place, and they'd be incensed that asian students dare 'push out' what otherwise would have been black valedictorians, scholarship receivers, etc, etc
I'll grant that's valid, violence is always going to be an issue. Though, while Asians are generally not fond of guns, Rooftop Koreans are a meme for a reason and it also only takes a few percent of Asians taking defensive measures to counter that violence. Things will likely be bloody temporarily for sure, and in places where the law isn't enforced by authorities very ugly, but in any area where there's still a rule of law things should tamp down relatively quickly. If the schools prioritize students from areas where violence is the answer to all problems and the authorities make no effort to curb that violence, well, the schools are going to deserve what they get.I don't think that's very likely, because it doesn't do anything about the root causes of ghettoficiation, and further, it's already been amply demonstrated that it's fairly socially acceptable for blacks to go on racist pogroms against asians.
It only takes a few percent of the black population being willing to be violent against asians for things to get really, *really* ugly.
Plus, the people who'd be trying to implement these workarounds aren't acting in good faith in the first place, and they'd be incensed that asian students dare 'push out' what otherwise would have been black valedictorians, scholarship receivers, etc, etc.
...Democrat control of areas, and refusal to effectively enforce the law is one of the leading causes of ghettoification. Cracking down on people who try to defend themselves when the law refuses to is another.I disagree that this doesn't do anything about ghettofication. The root cause is the middle class and all the motivated people leaving a neighborhood because it doesn't offer anything, leaving only the poorest and least motivated people behind. If there's an advantage to be had from being there, motivated and middle-class people will come in causing the ghetto to gentrify automatically.
Disagree. Ghettoization is a direct result of the rise of Suburbia. It began in the late fifties and early sixties, when automobiles became widespread. The rapid adoption of the automobile after WW2 created the industries necessary allowed people to commute long distances to work. Simultaneously, the Baby Boom made larger families the norm, and small apartments too small and cramped for most middle-class families. This led them to move out of the congested cities into suburbs where they had more space, more privacy, and a better lifestyle. In turn, the inner cities were left with only the people who were too poor or too unmotivated to upgrade to Suburbia, turning inner cities into Ghettos....Democrat control of areas, and refusal to effectively enforce the law is one of the leading causes of ghettoification. Cracking down on people who try to defend themselves when the law refuses to is another.
Middle class flight from what become ghettos is a symptom, not a cause.