Hey, maybe poor people don't deserve to starve?

But have you thought about the shareholders and the executives? They are the ones that really have it bad!

If only those lazy poor people worked harder and pulled themselves up by this bootstraps.

It's not like we systemically work towards keeping them poor so we can have the power!

Last quarter my 401k dropped by 0.3%! IM THE VICTIM HERE

I’m in my 40s and I honestly still don’t understand the appeal of the GOP to the average American. I have never seen them put forth a policy that does not seem to be shitting on one group or another. What has the GOP done in the last 40 years to make the average citizens life better?

If you don't let people starve. They'll learn to be lazy and it'll be the downfall of our society! /s

we should also get rid of the inheritance tax so I can make sure even more generations of my family will never need to work and be lazy! /s

You're not far left enough for me if you're still thinking that instead of "let's go grab the guillotine"

When I feed the poor, they call me a saint, but when I ask why the poor are hungry, they call me a communist. - Hélder Câmara, an archbishop

The people whining are literally brain damaged. Conservatism is legitimately brain damage. Given the harm they do though I have no sympathy.

This is kind of an aside but it's always weird looking at caricatures of poverty from the 90s and earlier, where people live in modest homes they seem to own. Or people living alone in plain apartments in places like New York.

A six-figure salary in so many cities means that you can probably rent a decent apartment and never own anything. It's just so obvious that this system isn't working.

Commie. The poor will just trade the food for drugs, might as well throw it away as trash and shoot anyone that gets near it.

What is Lemmy.ml’s perception of Lemmy.world for the shoutout?

as somewhat of a 'commie' yea kinda, but again its crazy that someone who toils away at work for the better part of his life and earns a salary for his contribution to society will sometimes have to be hungry or homeless. on average you do all that and are at least always struggling for money come on.

considering we have smartphones, rockets and AI, at this point im surprised some people are not considering alternatives.

I've always wondered where i would land on the political spectrum if I didn't live in the US

Tax should pay for healthcare of all citizens.

Why am I paying tax if I still have to pay to see a doctor?

Yeah I think Republicans and centrist Democrats are involved in a massive gaslighting campaign against the American citizens. ie: the overton window, aka shifting what's thought of as acceptable towards corporate donors requirements. Empathy is what makes us human.

One of the defining traits of the left is empathy.
One of the defining traits of humanity is empathy.
If you're not left you're less than. I said it. I stand by it.

Sounds very american to me. Its very normal here to at least try take care of the less fortunate.

I really wouldn't mind the whole rhetoric of pulling yourself by the bootstraps if it wasn't rigged. The system is literally made to make ppl fail.

If you get hung in a rut, better lock them hubs in

Well, if you want to abolish currency, inheritance, and all personal property you may be far left. Otherwise you may just be a compassionate for the poor.

'Cuz you ain't been doin nothin', if you ain't been called a red, if you've marched or agitated, then you're bound to hear it said...

Why is the proposed solution always to just pay people more and not just make things cost less? The only reason I can find is that making things cost less doesn't provide a scapegoat for everybody to rally behind, even though it would be more effective.

I used to be that guy the first 28 years of my life. Then I realized many so called socialist gvt are backed up by the biggest monopolies, which in turn grow freely thanks to socialist unbalanced rules of competitiveness.

It's cool to think socialist. It's not cool to feed the monopoly.

When you are to the left of someone, they always call you right-wing... Never fails...