• plyth@feddit.org
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    20 hours ago

    What about the other, the subtle cons, like we don’t have to take immediate action against global warming? (Not mentioning the more controversial ones.)

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      I think we’re pretty fucked on that front… You can just look outside to see the climate changing at this point

      And our leaders can’t even bother to pretend we’re going to try to fix it anymore

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          10 hours ago

          Recently learned a delightful linguistic trick. Replace “economy” with “rich people’s yacht money”

          We COULD do something about climate change, but what about rich people’s yacht money?

          Universal health care would save lives, but what about rich people’s yacht money?

          Countless other examples.

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            Yes, exactly. Stock market and other rich people schemes are doing great. When there was talk of the federal minimum wage going up all the Republicans were screaming about shit getting more expensive.

            My wife and I make close to 90 thou a year, and we are barely scraping by. Food has skyrocketed