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can they even define systemic in this context?And it's not just greasy politicians in DC. This euphoric reveling in perceived social/cultural/political power has filtered down to all the democrats most reliable dependents. Hence, the 'cancel culture' we have been experiencing recently. It has gotten to the point where local doctors, deliverymen, or even the local fast food manager (whether a mere teenager him/herself or not) are being subjected to treatment akin to the Cultural Revolution. It's sort of like the plot of a bad old TV show where some weak character suddenly obtains superpowers and immediately turns into a villain.
Historic grievances are real, and people do have the right to their family cultures and their feelings about them. Racism still exists in our country as it does in every country. Words like "systemic" are, or at least have become, semantic tools of division originating from those who see an opportunity to gain and hold power. Every individual deserves dignity and respect regardless of superficialities, but it should be clear by now that we ALL stand to gain more by pulling together than pulling apart. This will and should mean a degree of discomfort for those who have enjoyed an advantage for a very long time. This will and should mean a degree of magnanimity on the part of those who have had to work against roadblocks to success for a very long time.
Those who see the acquisition and expansion of power as more important than individual and national prosperity are the gravest threat to realizing the kind of harmony and success that Americans tend to develop naturally when not cynically and artificially impeded.