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I think people wondering why US citizens aren’t more outraged by the wanton constitutional disregard committed by the US government need to realize that the US government has ALWAYS BEEN committing transgressions—just not against its white middle- and upper-class citizens.

From its founding, the US has treated certain populations as having less rights than its preferred class: the wealthy, white†, male, Protestant. It is NORMAL for the US to ignore its own constitution to oppress and exploit people. From African slaves, to displaced Native Americans, to Chinese railroad workers, to Banana Republics, to occupied Hawaii, to CIA-backed coups in Asia—UNCHECKED POWER IS THE DEFAULT.

IMO things finally changed for the better after the Civil Rights Act, thanks to the relentless sacrifice of its champions. But for CENTURIES prior, exploitation was the norm. Realize that what Trumpists want to do is to REVERT to how things were before the CRA.

†The social construct of who gets to be “white” has changed over time.