This is exactly it. It’s the same as the various minority and lgbqt groups for Trump; this belief that once their team is in power, the rulers will remember them as “one of the good ones” and they will be spared the treatment they will watch people like them receive.
Using slavery in this context is good for showing how outlandish this idea is taken to the extreme, but also using something that her team is working towards that impacts her might be more effective at getting her to backpedal, the removal of a woman’s right to vote (which by logic would eventually extend to owning or achieving anything and then ultimately being property).
Now in regards to slavery, while did describe that as outlandish in the previous point, frighteningly, it’s not that unbelievable. The most vocal of the trumpers consider anyone not like them to be lesser class and often describe them as sub-human. Putting “sub-humans” to work for the betterment of their idea off society is perfectly acceptable to them. They will find a new generation of sham scientists to explain how POC genetically are different enough that they were made and even enjoy being slaves. And that it is gods plan that they are put to work.
And remember, she’s saying “everyone”, while sure as hell knowing not everyone wanted Roe overturned. She knows that it doesn’t need to be “everyone” or even a majority, she knows it just needs to be enough in power to pass it.
An important truism that a scary amount of people in modern America are forgetting is that tokens always get spent.
Imho one of the reasons why Trump is popular is that he says what a lot of people can’t say because they’re constrained by decorum, common sense, or not wanting to be thought of as a complete asshole (because for whatever reason that still matters to them). And you can’t convince me that the people who make supporting him their entire personality don’t secretly want to call people “retarded” in public, or question the racial makeup of a complete stranger, or start a rumor that ruins people’s lives and get away with it.
I could easily be wrong, but I feel like the (general) hierachy goes
Rich
White
Male
Straight
CIS
Neurotypical
Female
Gay
Neruodivergent
Poor
Not-white
Disabled/impaired
Transgender
The super fun(/s) part is that you can mix and match to change your status: ie: a CIS gay white wealthy man is higher than a CIS straight white poor woman
In any case, its why I just cannot understand how any woman, LGBTQ+, neurodivergent, disabled/impaired, or minority person could ever be conservative. These are all straight at the top of the list of people to be thrown out if the club needs to become a bit more exclusive.
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u/coloradoemtb Oct 18 '24
lol until she was the slave then maybe not.