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If you are critical of capitalism but have no idea of how it has been built to maintain patriarchy and white supremacy you might need to dig deeper my friend.
This isn't a criticism. We are all at our own stage of understanding the structures of the past that govern our lives. But even Engels wrote about these structures in 1884 when criticizing capitalism in The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State
Not even the best source on this. Just mentioning Engels for how fundamental this is. I'd suggest August Bebel if you want to get started.
Also, the "otherization" of groups is fundamental to "late stage capitalism" or really as I hope most people have realized is just an evolution of capitalism into its defense state of fascism. As capitalisms contradictions result in a decline in the rate of profit and the material conditions of the masses we are met with what we see today.
I'm taking the meme too far. Maybe OP didn't even considered this. But if you're asking yourself what the "otherization" of minority groups and the privilege of majority groups have to do with "late stage capitalism" then I think you haven't realized what "late stage capitalism" is. It's fascism. And a fundamental part of fascism is the targeting of scapegoats to redirect blame away from the capitalist class.