The worst part is that many of those who fall for this lie are some of the worst off, financially speaking. And they’re often surrounded by people in similar positions.
They know they’re fucked. They’ll watch neighbors lose homes, avoid doctors, go through times when they can’t pay bills, etc.
Then they’ll turn around and vote against their own interests. Against the interests of those they’re close to.
Fucking wild that the propoganda machines are that powerful.
I believe it works so well on those who are in a bad financial situation because whatever little money they make, they want to/need to keep as much of it as possible.
That makes them an easy target of "we're going to lower taxes." While of course only doing it for the wealthy and screaming the left wants to give your hard earned money to lazy people, immigrants, sex changes or whatever marginalized group is the flavour of the year to attack.
and and and the GAAAAAAAAYYYYYYS
Honestly, they don’t even try to hide it. They flaunt their wealth and in between gorging themselves on the wealth of the people, they’ll spout out some inane BS to incense the masses.
It's the government that has all
the restofmyyour money. We have to cut taxes soIyou can get more of itfrom you!I want to see a thought provoking comment but I don't have one to offer myself. What to do?
I know your comment isn’t truly asking, but I want to answer just because there was a time when I used to put a lot of pressure on myself to generate something truly insightful, creative, deep, etc. before voicing my thoughts or opinion. Then I realized you don’t need to do that. I still have a tendency to - and I’m not saying everyone should just voice their loud-ass bullshit without thinking.
You likely have an insight that someone would find interesting, even if it seems entirely obvious to you. Great conversation can sometimes be a very simple volley back and forth of extremely basic observations.
Run with whatever logic this makes your mind go to... even if it’s something like “crazy that people vote to give rich people more money” or another basic interpretation of this. It gets the ball rolling for other people, let’s them put a new spin on it, and may be that little spark needed to create something more impactful.
I needed this today. Thanks.
East Coast Its! This is my favorite webcomic, hands down.
Is there a website? I'm just finding Instagram and I pretty much hate that.
The closest I found to a non social media site is the patreon https://www.patreon.com/eastcoastitnotes Not much for free though
He usually posts pretty regularly to reddit as well =/ I just follow on Instagram.
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I'd love to show you the NIMBY letter on housing that was just sent out by our local DNC rep.
Do you see mainstream Democrats as representative of "the left", or are you just trolling?
The DNC may be more left than the Republicans but they don't represent the left. They have become little more than a neoliberal compromise between the left and the right. Sure, there are leftist elements within the party trying to drag it kicking and screaming, but most of the established folks are center or center-right especially when it comes to financial issues and the working class.
I want to support leftism because their ideals are wonderful, but all the leftist groups I find are full of traitors that support Russia and China, despite the fact that those two countries are actually fascist instead of communist. What should I do?
What? The only supporters of Russia I see are Republicans.
I see that you've never been afflicted with hexpups
Think about it this way: just because a group claims to be socialist or leftist, doesn't exempt them from being fascist. If they support fascism, they're not leftist, no matter what they call themselves.
It sounds like you're either a liar or completely mistaken. Since you seem to post a lot about politics, I'm leaning towards the former. You also spread a lot of bullshit like how affirmative action is the real racism, how your sexism is based in "objective facts", how the opium wars started racism against Chinese people, etc.
You're just another clown trying to trash leftists by claiming to be one.
