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But here we are (lemmy.world)
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TranscriptionA Twitter post by Fuckin' Princess @8WithaTiara that reads “Everybody talking about how poor people shouldn't be able to buy junk food on food stamps.. Well, I don't think billionaires oughta be able to buy 14-year-olds on private islands.. But here we are.”

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[+] 105 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (10 children)
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  • [–] 51 points 1 year ago* (3 children)

    I agree it's weirder that people don't recognize poor people as humans with human needs.

    It's ok to stop and get a $7 coffee sometimes and still be poor. You are allowed to spend $100 at a bar and be poor. Not everyone is mismanaging their money that got them to be poor, some of them grew up in it and stay that way.

    Some poor people know there is no miracles going to pull them out of a shitty situation, doesn't mean they need to live a life of fucking toil and despair. Everyone needs to get off their fucking backs for enjoying a moment of what most well off folks get to enjoy without a thought.

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  • [–] 19 points 1 year ago

    Calvinism did a number on this country. "Good things happen to good people" -> "Bad things happen to bad people" -> "If you are poor you probably deserve it, so we shouldn't help you" -> "It's okay to give money to billionaires, they wouldn't be billionaires if they weren't good people".

    Corollary: "Even though poor people are bad and I'm broke, that doesn't mean I'm a bad person. I'm just a temporarily inconvenienced millionaire, thus a good person, so it's okay to help me specifically. But not the poor, they're bad."

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  • [–] 9 points 1 year ago

    For reals. Privileged people only think equality encroaches on their freedom when actually it looking out for your neighbor. But I hear God is into hating your neighbors now a days

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  • [–] 5 points 1 year ago

    mental health is one of the most important things to people picking themselves up, dusting themselves off, and getting back on their feet

    entertainment - as much as “we” deride people spending “our tax money” on fun - is, imo, a human right in the category of “life, liberty and happiness”

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  • [–] 14 points 1 year ago (2 children)

    As someone who does make a good living, and sees the amount of taxes I pay, which is around what the median income is in the USA, I want that taxes to go to the people, I want it to be taking care of friends who can't afford health insurance, and those who are barely scraping by. I'm pissed seeing my tax dollars go to people who make me look poor. It's bullshit. I don't want to fund some rich fucks bailout or failed gambling banks or business, I don't want to fund our military to blow up fishing boats and murder civilians overseas or used to deport and lock up my fellow Americans. It's such a gross injustice to see my money get wasted on people who don't need it while there is a massive amount of people in this country that do need it.

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  • [–] 3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    i have a family member that was in tech, now unemployed going through some kind of mid-30s crisis always complained how he pays so much taxes, move to texas or florida then. i know hes just votes D because hes in a blue area, but his behaviour seems closer to the other bro in my family who is more into trump, you would be republican voter otherwise, gymbros , into mma, tech. oh wait but your a POC, that likely wouldnt be welcome down there.

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  • [–] 2 points 1 year ago

    Yea that's frustrating, I have no issue paying taxes, it's how it's spent that pisses me off. You don't even have to look hard to see these massively glaring problems staring you right in the face and sure how to solve them might not be the easiest but damn use the taxes we're already collecting to make sure those problems get fixed first. Another rich guy getting a bailout is not fixing shit.

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  • [–] -3 points 1 year ago (1 child)

    It always felt a little wrong to me, but as I got older I realized these people are living lives of despair and it’s really just not the biggest problem in society when you have the rich engaging openly in corruption and violating laws while going unpunished.

    Sure it's not the biggest problem, but it's not only the biggest problems that deserve attention.

    Heart disease kills more than just about any other physical ailment, so should we put all research money/resources into that and ignore everything else?

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