Further we get away from slavery, the more they cling to their chains, lol. Something perverted about that. Money-making but perverted.
If you listen to the words of some of the "of color" students at Evergreen State College, you cannot help but think that some of them think that they, personally, are slaves who somehow freed themselves.
Please excuse the multiple metaphors...Well, maybe one more:
There's one fly in that ointment...