• partial_accumen@lemmy.world
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      2 months ago

      That cartoon is just a variation on zero-sum, isn’t it? The wealthy man in the middle is trying to convince the man in the helmet on the right that he must lose if the immigrant on the left is to gain.

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        2 months ago

        I’ve always thought of the man in the middle in that pic as Rupert Murdoch, founder and owner of Fox News

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        2 months ago

        “If you can convince the lowest white man he’s better than the best colored man, he won’t notice you’re picking his pocket. Hell, give him somebody to look down on, and he’ll empty his pockets for you.”

        Lyndon B. Johnson