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“I would rather burn this to the ground than share it with my lessers” (hexbear.net)

submitted 3 months ago by TheDoctor@hexbear.net to c/chapotraphouse@hexbear.net

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What do you call this phenomenon? I think of the kulaks burning their harvest and I think of schools shutting down during desegregation in the US rather than integrate. Are there any other good examples? Why do people do this?

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[-] ClimateChangeAnxiety@hexbear.net 54 points 3 months ago

Public pools after segregation also, there used to be soooo many public pools and so many closed because they would rather take it away than share with black people