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"But in this country, we have no 'other' people. We are American people, all of us."
I feel like this is the thing that USians seem to be forgetting (or ignoring).
They said that 15-20 years before civil rights, and before the longest filibuster to block civil rights. The country has never been together. There have always been "othered" groups.
It's a known flaw in the national identity. Unfortunately it's like herpes, you think you got it under control this time until things get too stressful and you start breaking out again.
It's because we refuse to look in the mirror and deal with our collective crap. Broken people are more exploitable, whole people are a bigger "start up" costs, with unfathomable ROI. But also more trouble for wealth hoarders, and we can't have that.