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Pretty much the conservative argument against civil rights in a single panel. To be clear, I don't think anyone is interested in "ruling" those poor stooges of the republican grift machine, but I think nothing scares them more than the idea of black folks (or women, or "the gays") in positions of equality or authority.
They fear that their own transgressions will be revisited upon them. That they might actually reap what they have sown.
Conservative minds have never been capable of imagining a fair and equitable society. Hierarchy, to them, is necessary as a function of human existence. Therefore, they will always fight to be, or to be perceived as part of, the ruling class.
I'm okay with formal hierarchies, such as in an organization, where there are checks and balances and accountability. A racial hierarchy is bullshit.
All hierarchy is bullshit
What convinced you of this?
I don't agree with that all hierarchy is bad; a tree structure allows scaling. But The Peter Principle book explained why they result in society being shit.
At the time this comic came out, it would have been Democrats, not Republicans, who were viewed as the party of conservative racists. This is pre-Nixon and his Southern Strategy
Yes yes, I knew someone would bring up the southern strategy. Thank you. Changes nothing. It's the same sorts of people being shitty in the same sorts of ways. Where they congregate at any moment in history is independent of that. They are always conservatives, and today they own our republicans.
Yeah I totally agree. Just thought it's an interesting point considering this community doesn't normally have such old cartoons posted
Sorry I was way too ready for a fight on that detail. 🙂