On Thu, 10 Nov 1994, Deborah Rudacille wrote:
> I have a question for Brian and all
> you other folks who look forward optimistically to the time when our
> political system self-destructs: Do you really want an ideological
> (as opposed to an ethnic) Bosnia-type civil war on our hands ? That
> would seem to be the end result of the sort of plan of action you are
> advocating.
Deborah,
Thanks for the support. The question you raise here is an excellent one
-- I think history has amply demonstrated that what emerges out of
collapsing systems is as often as not violence, oppression, and terror.
But, what makes you think the US would engage in ideological battle and
not a battle along ethnic lines? I think this country has already
started a war against men of color (especially African-Americans who are
imprisoned in increasing numbers every year), women of color (all those
"welfare queens" and unwed mothers we keep hearing about), and now with
Proposition 187 you can add hispanics to the list. The Bell Curve book
should add more fuel to the fire and further justify resentment of
African Americans (for "sponging off the middle class") and Asians (for
being smarter than white and taking all the educational
opportunities).... I see absolutely no reason to assume that the
collapse of our current system will yield a non-ethnic conflict....
Jayne
