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BadEmpanada fans will just say he’s just “saying it like it is,” per usual.

Or BE will walk back on it and just say he’s joking or whatever.
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So, additional thoughts, doing it as a general comment cause I don’t want to single anyone out and there are a number who are defending it as satire:
Problem is, it’s terrible at being satire because it’s not a fair representation of what people tend to say when they point at system level causes of things. The common point about systems isn’t “nobody who does wrong holds any responsibility for wrongdoing.” The point is more like that if you focus your energy more on hating a particular agent of imperialism than you do the imperialist organization they work for and the imperialist institutions that create and maintain it, then you are missing the point of where the problems come from and so will be unequipped to challenge power and will be easily led around from one controversy to the next. You will be able to rage at symptoms, without ever determining cause.
It’s also worth noting that narratives focusing on individual blame get used for racism and part of where focus on systemic problems comes from, is as a means of pushing back against racist narratives. It doesn’t always translate 1:1 in reverse, so you have to be careful of framing it too much as general principle. Emphasizing the oppressor as victim in their own way may come out sounding stupid if you’re trying to challenge power, but emphasizing the oppressed as victim is critical to recognizing their plight. OTOH, some people who act as oppressor at one point in their lives could go down a rung and end up more in the oppressed camp at another point. Whether because of a change in power or because they served their usefulness to the oppressor camp and are no longer needed.
Beware of universal principle thinking in general. Much of what western-influenced-thought takes as universal principle is simply an expression of the dominant ideology.
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