Something I should say more often

[OngBonga]

but wealth and the fair distribution of that wealth are two different things

Fair distribution of wealth is impossible. Literally impossible. There are multiple problems with this concept, not least the issue of "fair" being subjective. Then we have to consider the fact that there are a lot more people than there are mansions. There are also more people than there are yachts. How can we distribute wealth fairly?

but that doesn't mean everyone is getting proper and fair treatment.

I don't think that's the point he's making. I think he's suggesting that we have come a long way in a relatively short amount of time, which is true. The problems faced today by black people are incomparable to those faced just a century ago.

I think there's a very vocal minority out there that get a lot of attention from finding things to be outraged about, like vegans over the eggs in a salad emoji. Social media makes it look like 'oh wow there's thousands of people pissed about this, better change the emoji,' when in fact the vast majoriy of people are thinking what he's thinking - 'fuck off you crybabies.'

Yeah, and it's actually a massive problem. This minority are basically trying to seize a monopoly on morality, and we end up in a world where trans rights come before women's rights because trans awareness is so fucking woke.

[Poopadoop]

Fair distribution of wealth is impossible. Literally impossible. There are multiple problems with this concept, not least the issue of "fair" being subjective. Then we have to consider the fact that there are a lot more people than there are mansions. There are also more people than there are yachts. How can we distribute wealth fairly?

I agree, but a lot of things are literally impossible. It's also literally impossible for all the wealth in the country to exist in one person's hands. The idea is to find a place in-between those two extremes that is both possible and reasonable. You can start by taxing the rich.

I don't think that's the point he's making. I think he's suggesting that we have come a long way in a relatively short amount of time, which is true. The problems faced today by black people are incomparable to those faced just a century ago.

It's the sub-text to that point that black people should be grateful that we ended slavery that I find jarring. Even if things are bad now, they used to be worse, so quit your moaning, is a pretty lame stance to take imo.

Yeah, and it's actually a massive problem. This minority are basically trying to seize a monopoly on morality, and we end up in a world where trans rights come before women's rights because trans awareness is so fucking woke.

I don't think it's a massive problem, it's more of a silly distraction from things that are actually important. It's no skin off my nose if the salad emoji has an egg in it or not, or if someone prefers to be addressed as 's/he' or 'it' or 'King Tut' or whatever they want.