American Inhumanity

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American Inhumanity

Grassroots / Hank Kalet

America’s disregard of the humanity of others was on full display this week, with both presidential candidates doubling down on anti-immigrant and anti-Palestinian rhetoric during the presidential debate and the nation’s highest court ruling that towns can treat the most destitute as criminals.

These issues are intertwined, despite major media outlets treating them as completely unrelated. All tie to a capitalist-colonialist mindset that privileges power and money at the expense of the well-being of all humanity, and that implicate what the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. described as America’s “triple-pronged sickness.”

U.S. culture and politics from its inception has relied on tall tales and mythology to justify its brutality. Our wars and foreign policy have, for the most part, a racist underpinning that echoes the colonialist racism of Europe. We rationalize our behavior in the world stage by claiming to defend democracy — a lie more often than not — while acceding to oligarchy snd racism at home.

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