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[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

One could and should argue that irrational racism is never in anyone's actual self interest, even if they've convinced themselves it feels good.

That seems like saying doing crack is in the crackhead's self interest because the want to, but we all know the detriments substantially outweigh the momentarily benefit.