I grew up to effing Sesame Street teaching me about pluralism and accepting neighbors that are different color / religion, etc. (But not gays. LGBT+ were still expected to stay in the closet.)

So I grew up believing that ours was a plurality. The great melting pot.

Then as I grew up, the Southern Strategy moved pluralism to the edge of the Overton window and then outside it. And despite that we promised not to turn into Nazis the way Germany did, we totally went there.

Though, thanks to the internet and Breadtube, I now know the US only aspired to be an all-encompassing pluralism one day, and that the ownership class was always, always working to sabotage any progress, since it was a direct threat to their wealth and power.

wasnt this about spiderman last time?

that white boy superman is alright