Is the U.S. an apartheid state?

By apartheid, I am referring to the socioeconomic divisions that separate the rich from the poor, the privileged from the underprivileged, and, in some cases, women from men and black people from white people. What are your thoughts?

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FreddieUK · 70-79, M

I can see why you might be tempted to see a similarity, but at the moment the Law is not segregating people and the State at least pays lip service to equality. In SA the segregation was formally enshrined in the State structures and there was no recourse to the Law for redress, even if you had the money.

What might be round the corner, who knows?

ImperialAerosolKidFromEP · 51-55, M

@FreddieUK I'd be awfully surprised if the US reverted to a lawful apartheid system, just like I was at the Trump victory in 2016

FreddieUK · 70-79, M

@ImperialAerosolKidFromEP Yep. A lot of us never thought we'd see the US revert to the bad old days of prejudice based on physical or psychological attributes which people are born with. Neither did we see the Russian state try to recreate the USSR by waging war. We certainly live in uncertain times.