Efficiency and Dehumanized Rationalization Capitalism was born of three catastrophes: Dehumanized Rationalism, Disease, and Slavery. These elements are incorporated into its DNA. This post is a description of the first of these catastrophes.
Repeat After Me. “It’s NOT the Absentee Fathers!”
Police violence against black suspects cannot be explained by the mythical "crisis of black fatherhood"
Protests, Riots, and Discursive Bubbles
You agree with the protestors, you'll find plenty of examples on-line of protestors doing noble and heroic things. Think the protestors are nothing more than Antifa scum? You'll have this assumption reinforced when all of your friends post pictures and video of masked rioters breaking windows and flipping cars. Think the police are heroes? You'll get all kinds of footage of police being heroic. Think the police are fascist scum? Yeah. You'll be able to download outrageous acts of brutality.
A Course in Mad Sociology Lecture 4
Chapter 2: The Sociological Perspectives Section 1: The Functionalist Perspective