As a white guy living in a significantly “brown” large city, these racists are only emboldened to say it to me thinking “he’s one of us” (racist); it’s extremely noticeable when I repeat what they said like I couldn’t hear it (being old has it’s advantages) loudly so other people around us in public can hear what they said. Edit: and a major number of these people I run across are older white women from an ad-hoc statistics viewpoint.

No shade meant to the squids for that turn of phrase my bad; Army taught me how to swear and smoke. :)

It’s hard to say the USA anymore, we are very deeply divided as a country. Here on the fediverse you’ll find like-minded left-oriented people (presumably, based on my travels) but man our country is in the toilet. I’m in the over-50 category, been on this Earth awhile and this is some really bad shit - in society we have accepted standards of behaviour and we all know how Trump has dealt with that - dude paved over the Rose Garden to put in a gilded ballroom. Nicolae Ceaușescu, anyone?

Last week, not an exaggeration, an older white man I know I ran into (at the grocery) said something like “if I have to pay a black man reparations, I should be able to bring him home and beat his ass first.” I was in complete shock these words came out of his mouth and I’m a “rough” guy so to speak, I’ll swear like a sailor daily but these racists are emboldened to spew their hate loudly in public now.

Point being: the white racists with money have taken over USA politics, regardless of how people say fancy headlines I live here - it’s all about white racism and supremacy. Every single thing they do is rooted in their hate of anyone and anything not being perceived as white power. Everything else is a smokescreen, their actions show you their beliefs. Trump has (and is) systematically fired any person of color who holds a position of power or influence, it’s in the news every day.

It’s some of my neighbors (I live in a very “brown” area, mixed races etc.) and we’re all walking on eggshells because these MAGA lunatics scream and yell like little children without any logic. “Why did Trump choose 50% instead of 35% tariffs on xxxxx, what’s the math behind it or economic policy?” - “it’s the art of the deal!” (seriously, that’s the response - blurt out a Fox News talking point with zero knowledge, pure ignorance). It’s exhausting to deal with adults who have the reasoning of a 5 year old fueled by their hatred.

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by SteveWoz ( 152247 ) on 2025-08-11 20:36

I gave all my Apple wealth away because wealth and power are not what I live for. I have a lot of fun and happiness. I funded a lot of important museums and arts groups in San Jose, the city of my birth, and they named a street after me for being good. I now speak publicly and have risen to the top. I have no idea how much I have but after speaking for 20 years it might be $10M plus a couple of homes. I never look for any type of tax dodge. I earn money from my labor and pay something like 55% combined tax on it. I am the happiest person ever. Life to me was never about accomplishment, but about Happiness, which is Smiles minus Frowns. I developed these philosophies when I was 18-20 years old and I never sold out.