in the sixties we were all living in communes and working collectively.
our power came from community involvement. black was beautiful.
the conservatives did the same thing then as they are doing now.
they used their corporate control to kill the economy and make everyone miserable.
no money, no jobs. they made everybody miserable and then blamed it on the democrats.
that and some corrupt dealing with the terrorists got reagan elected.
after reagan was elected they told the black people to stop blaming the man and practice "black capitalism".
they convinced blacks that it was all our own fault.
black people turned from collective action to "i got mine now you get yours".
we adopted the values of the white man and it killed us. still killing us to this day.
when blacks acted collectively we had power. we had self love.
along with capitalism came self hate. that next brother was competing with you and you hated him for it.
the law of the jungle. the white man's values. poison.
we will be in trouble until we can go back to our own values.
black is beautiful.
“The law of the jungle“. the white man's values (version). poison.
The law of the jungle, in the white man’s way/perspective is every man for themselves.
The reality is, that this law has been reversed. The reality is “In the Jungle” we have to work together, or we all shall perish.
This is an African philosophical precept. Learned empirically, though out our history of struggle with the natural environment. We have been brainwashed by western ideology into believing that we are all in it for ourselves. To the extent that this has become our current reality.
This is perhaps the first nut (false construct) we need to crack. And that we need to help empower others to see what we are up against, help create mutual supporting groups with in our communities. Woops! I’m preaching again.