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A Matter of Dominance: War and Oppression [1]
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Date: 2025-06-21
Do you know how every time a minority group starts to achieve something resembling a normal life in the US and seemingly out of the blue, something comes up to cut the ladder under their feet? The latest example would be the 500 bills to dehumanize trans folks and the latest round of eradication of Black American anything from the public’s mind and view.
Well, it’s the same thing with wars that involve those that have installed themselves as the superpowers of the world. These countries with all their economic and nuclear powers will systematically find a reason to go to war, or should I say bomb a country out of the blue if they deem that country is starting to get to close to their own level.
There’s a certain symmetry to their oppression, Black countries must be kept poor (to show that Black folks are not intellectual peers) so they mess with their elections, strip their natural resources, and when necessary, impose economic sanctions like embargoes to keep them in poverty.
Brown countries are portrayed as morally depraved. They are the “mafias” the Godfathers if you will. The wealthier ones escape oppression by virtue of wealth, but the poor ones are kept in economic strife for centuries.
Arab countries are demonized, Americans are brainwashed to view the Arab world as “monsters” their religions as “evil” “the terrorists of the world” and thus it is acceptable in their eyes, if those countries start to gain nuclear powers or other forms of military might, to bomb them or declare war on them.
Asian countries, are viewed as manipulators, as “communists”, isn’t it precious how Americans decry the treatment of other ethnicities in China for example, while they conduct their ICE raids?
The only countries that seem to escape stigmatism are those viewed as “White” Countries, they are held as the moral standards, the pious and righteous ones, yet they are the ones that attack other countries, bomb they, foment wars in them, influence their politics, meddle in their culture and then… they set up “charities” and “aid” programs to help the poor unfortunate countries, who can never seem to get their heads above water.
The hypocrisy is staggering. I’m sitting here, listening to ‘educated” people arguing back and forth the reasons why an independent country should be bombed for daring to develop nuclear powers as if it was normal. Iran, can’t be allowed to develop a nuclear bomb, say the powers holding arsenal of nuclear bomb, they will attack us, say the powers attacking Iran, they are a religious country, say the powers trying to install Christo fascists policies in their own countries.
I got news for the “superpowers” of this world, 90% of the world’s problem can be laid at your feet. The reason other countries want to attack you, is because you’ve been oppressing them and attacking them for centuries and blocking their path to success and stability for eons. Much like the US does within its borders.
I got a suggestion for you. Leave other countries the fuck alone.
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Muriel Vieux – June 20th, 2025 – ©All rights reserved
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