The above photo was taken at an event at which Donald Trump’s German grandfather – Friedrich ‘Fred’ Trump – was arrested, for ‘refusing to disperse’, whilst attending a KKK rally, in Queens, NY, 1927.
Grandfather Trump’s son, also Fred Trump, was a chip off the old block, being sued by NY authorities over his racist treatment of black tenants, as a NY landlord.
And now we have Donald, pursuing openly and avowedly racist goals, as POTUS. He repeats lies about crime and immigration that pretty much all studies of the actual subject categorically refute.
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I’ve read online that there are those saying boycotting the US hosting the World Cup is dumb and hypocritical. After all, we didn’t boycott the World Cup when Saudi held it.
Well, there is a valid pint to be addressed here. But my conclusion is totally different. Just because a crime was committed, but you failed to report it, act on it, or prose it it, doesn’t mean that, by logical extension and former precedent you are duty bound to never report further future crimes. That way lies madness, and the collapse of civilisation.
Okay, the works at large failed to exercise proper ethical and political judgment on numerous occasions in history, such as Germany hosting the 1933 Olympics, or… well, there are plenty of other potential examples.
So, following (?)’s ‘logic’, we simply throw out hands up, roll-over, and key dictators and other tyrants continue fucking everyone they fancy over? Er… NO! Maybe we could and should learn from our past mistakes.
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Having said this, what is the best way to respond? I think boycotting the World Cup is a no-briber, personally. FIFA very foolishly gave DT a fake peace prize recently. They’ve earned a massive slap, for that alone.
But I don’t think we should be aiming to destroy the US economy, by selling all our US bonds/stocks, etc. In almost all conflicts between states/nations, it’s the little folk who pay dearest. That’s another mistake we need to stop making.
This awful scenario is the work of so called elites. The rich and powerful of disaster capitalism. Those who profit from the ruthless and systematic exploitation of others. They should be made to suffer, not Joe Public.
Well, not all of Joe Public. The MAGA segment really needs education and enlightenment, and maybe some punishment.