Regardless of your opinions about social justice, Kap isn’t a very good quarterback. If he were the Lebron of the NFL, no way he would have been blackballed. A mediocre athlete with strong political opinions —> unemployment.

The point of this thread isn’t to pass judgment on Kaepernick, but to point out the nature of power in a capitalist society. Only a select few of us are rich enough or powerful enough to say whatever we want, however controversial, with virtually no consequences.

This is one of the more frightening aspects of the age of social media. Left or right. White or black. Rich or poor. Nearly all of us are in the panopticon. We are the inmates and the guards and you never know when you’ll be facing the firing squad