@bravojohnson
Just for finished the Sean Combs documentary. It’s nauseating how a generation of politicians and influencers gave cover to this demon as viable empowerment example for back people. Dems and less nativist reps loved it and flaunting their playlists. He was “proof” that the system worked. Not because the harm wasn’t visible, but because it was useful story where extreme wealth, ruthless behavior, and proximity to power could be reframed as liberation. What makes it doubly 🤢 is the double betrayal. First, the victims—silenced, paid off, or ridiculed. Second, an entire generation of Black kids told: this is what power looks like. Not collective strength, not dignity, not refusal—but domination, excess, and proximity to capital. A plantation logic with better lighting and a Beats sponsorship. Aspiration without responsibility. Corpos loved it because it turned structural injustice into a branding problem with a luxury solution. The way abuse gets canonized as “grind.”
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