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   white_male (white_male@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 08:56:46 JST white_male

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   @Elliptica @Evil_Bender @libsoftiktok @Saber @Eiswald @Marielle_Redclaw @SAKURARadiochan >Racism is a product of competition.
   Lol, sweet summer child. Racism is the gradient between superiority and inferiority.
   
   That's exactly why i started despising Star Trek, you get imprinted with "post scarcity and abundance" fantasy and reinforcing socioeconomic factors in individuals or races ability to succeed. ;D
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     white_male (white_male@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 08:56:47 JST white_male

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     @Evil_Bender @libsoftiktok @Saber @Eiswald @Elliptica @Marielle_Redclaw @SAKURARadiochan It was definitely space multi culturalism. The posh type of course, elite mixers.
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     Anime Wong (elliptica@poa.st)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 08:56:47 JST Anime Wong

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     @white_male @Evil_Bender @libsoftiktok @Saber @Eiswald @Marielle_Redclaw @SAKURARadiochan I don't think StarTrek's version of multi-culturalism was entirely wrong.
     
     I look at it similar to how Asians were treated in the US during the early 1900's. Asians in California were treated quite bad, while they weren't in Texas. The reason for the discrepancy is that the Chinese in California were competing for resources among Californians, while the Japanese in Texas were there to farm rice, something no Texans were doing at the time. The Japanese were not stepping on Texan toes, and so were largely welcomed in Texas.
     
     Racism is a product of competition. When two groups are competing for the same resources, they'll fight. When they aren't, they likely get along.
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     Ricky "Bender" LaFluer :nv: (evil_bender@nicecrew.digital)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 08:56:48 JST Ricky "Bender" LaFluer :nv:

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     Yes, the economics never made sense. But we can certainly say it wasn't space communism.