I don’t think that’s quite right The racism isn’t a lead in for class-ism, it’s a distraction method. It’s an attempt to redraw the lines between “us” and “them” to create the appearance of a lower class They target susceptible groups specifically in order to convince people that the rest of us are all in the same class. It’s an attempt to convince people that if they have any advantage in life, they’re on the same team as the billionaires The distinction matters because it’s becoming less and less effective. Fascism has a short shelf life, because the solution it offers becomes an increasingly obvious lie. Material conditions become worse and worse until people can’t ignore their own problems anymore Hatred is a hell of a drug, but at some point all but the clinically mentally unwell care more about filling their stomachs than shitting on an imagined enemy