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Oeditpus Rex

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19. Cooperation means 'the other' gets some of what you're entitled to

Wed Sep 10, 2025, 01:06 AM

Sep 10

by virtue of being white, "Christian" and right-wing.

That's how white supremacists think. If "the other" get something, they get less, instead of all of it

I just thought of an early Peanuts strip (c. 1956) that illustrates this. Linus was about 2, and Lucy came along and took all his toys ("Everything's MINE, MINE, MINE!" ) Then she handed him a rubber band and said, "Here, have fun with that. And he did -- stretching it, playing a kind of Cat's Cradle, just having a blast.

When Lucy saw this, she took back the rubber band and said, "I didn't mean for you to have THAT much fun!"

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Dying of Whiteness: [View all] sheshe2 Sep 9 OP

But hey, they're going to All-White Heaven to be with blond blue-eyed Jesus dalton99a Sep 9 #1

K&R! Solly Mack Sep 9 #2

Thanks, Solly! sheshe2 Sep 9 #3

Looks good. Have you read anything else by this author? Maru Kitteh Sep 9 #4

I haven't, Maru. sheshe2 Sep 9 #6

I really don't have all that much sympathy for them. ananda Sep 9 #5

One of my favorite quotes radical noodle Sep 9 #7

Oh, that's good! johnp3907 Sep 9 #8

shorter link Skittles Sep 9 #9

Thanks, Skittles. sheshe2 Sep 9 #11

The irony: "Winner of the Robert F. Kennedy Book Award" live love laugh Sep 9 #10

LBJ knew it back in 1964... ancianita Sep 9 #12

Thank you for that quote from LBJ, ancianita. sheshe2 Sep 9 #14

Yep... PunkinPi Sep 10 #20

What this book describes is BaronChocula Sep 9 #13

I will never understand why cooperation is always seen as the boogeyman, slightlv Sep 10 #15

Cooperation means 'the other' gets some of what you're entitled to Oeditpus Rex Sep 10 #19

LOL! How true Lucy was in her earnestness! slightlv Sep 12 #22

I'm interested in reading the book. Aristus Sep 10 #16

I hear you, Aristus . sheshe2 Sep 10 #17

Yeah, Who could have Ever predicted Cha Sep 10 #18

Thanks, goes on my list for next book order after Kamala's book comes out. betsuni Sep 10 #21