FlashMobOfOne

It is so weird that people would rather see kids orphaned than raised by a white family, but it was an important lesson for me.

I once mentioned being proud of my mixed-race family and was called a racist. That was a crummy day.

Also, the day I decided maybe social activism wasn’t for me.

Yeah, man.

People should obsess about every single negative aspect of their lives, every single moment of their lives, because that’s healthy.

Yeah they didn’t really hide the racism inherent in their anti-immigrant demagoguery.

LOLOLOL

Glorious

Yes.

All of them.

I love the bachelor life.

I eat it on occasion. I actually really like the taste of Burger King burgers, but I have internalized the fact that the burger I like is 1800 calories by itself, with another 400-500 for the fries, and for that reason, I don’t eat it often. I also have to take into account that, yes, it’s expensive stuff now.

My parents raised me on fast food so I probably enjoy it more than most due to the aspect of being conditioned to it.

There was a French museum that had an exhibition once whose intention was to simulate the way a human settlement used to smell before the advent of sanitation, and it was so bad that schoolkids were literally vomiting, and it had to be closed early.

This is why everyone is rooting for principled Italians.

Non-voters fucked us all by not giving a shit.

No, they didn’t. Partisan voters fucked us all by not caring about politicians’ records. For 40 years straight.

I believed him. I believed statements like this paved his road to victory in 2020.

Absolutely.

I’ll admit I voted Biden in 2020, thinking that a cultural win against resurgent American fascism would help turn the tide of history. (I didn’t have any delusions that he’d actually rule as a progressive.)

Four years later, with millions more in poverty, it’s only done the opposite.

There are countless examples of Democrats trying to make lives better, and Republicans denying bills and voting against it.

People can’t eat excuses. Maybe next time put some Democracy back into the Democratic Party instead of crowning a candidate who let it all happen. Those of us who don’t hang out in an echo chamber could see this coming from a mile a way, hell, Harris couldn’t even win a primary against Tulsi Gabbard.

The sad part is anyone with half a brain knows conservatives

Both parties rule as conservatives, so there really is no choice unless you’re pulling the lever for the Green Party, and we can look at our history and see that they have no real shot either outside of local elections. Look at how Biden’s presidency went, for example: Abortion became criminalized, massive inflation (and record corporate profits), record numbers of new homeless every year… and his major focuses seem to have been keeping his scumbag son out of prison and funneling as much money as possible to war.

My advice to people is this: Don’t donate your money to political parties. Put it in stocks instead, and at least your investments will have some measure of representation. There are even ETF’s you can invest in that follow the stock trades of notorious insider-trading federal legislators. (Tickers NANC and KRUZ)

Also some states/employers already do this.

Yup, your rights in many parts of the country vary significantly depending on your zip code, and unless you’re a billionaire or okay with achieving notoriety by following in the footsteps of a particular Italian gentleman, there’s nothing you can do to change it. (At least outside of your local community.)

The fact people would have to even CONSIDER missing work to vote is an absolute joke.

You’re right. Voting is made arbitrarily difficult here in the States because we’re ruled by the wealthy, simple as that.

If they end up worse afterwards, don’t complain

Until the Democratic Party and their voters develop empathy for workers, they’re going to continue to lose elections.

I don’t know how the Democrats managed to ignore it when all the data they had made it very clear people didn’t care about identity politics anymore. They’re working 80-100 hours a week at three jobs for the privilege of housing their kids in a roach-infested studio apartment and they’ve seen their purchasing power diminish so much that they’re having to choose between food, rent, and their prescription drugs.

Yes, they’re unlikely to care about racism right now.

That’ll happen when your basic, everyday existence is in survival mode, and it doesn’t make them bad people. It makes them sad and desperate.

Until the Democratic Party stops excluding the Bernies of the world, elections like these are what we’re going to get. No one believes Democrats will actually do what they say they’re going to do, not even their own voters.

Think of it this way.

You’re a wage worker who’s just sat through eight years of the Federal Government, under both parties, doing absolutely nothing to mitigate the struggle of your daily existence. Are you going to choose to miss a badly-needed day’s pay to vote?

No. You’ve already observed that there’s no point.