American politicians have used dehumanizing language from the jump. This country was built on slavery ffs. Even if we limit it to the 21st century presidents this isn’t new. George Bush pulled this shit post 9/11. Hell, Biden has been and continues to dehumanize Palestinians

The juggalos didn’t deserve that lol

Because they are? Let’s not pretend several billionaires don’t have Democrats on their payroll too. Are we just ignoring the existence of pelosi and her corporate democrat ilk to make this point? Dems and Republicans are in the pockets of corporate america and billionaires. It’s not a secret that this country is a thinly veiled oligarchy

Fascists* are running some county election boards in Georgia

anon6789@lemmy.world 2024!

Weird how Jill Stein only matters after RFK dropped out

I mean his poverty stricken addict mother was worried about coal 30 years ago so we should be worried about it now, y’know?

I think they’re both full of shit about the ACA. Vance delivered lies and a nothing burger of a proposal. Walz said the system works. Pre and post trump it never worked. When it was mandatory, I was on the benefits cliff and couldn’t afford the awful insurance that covered nothing (that also had an enormous deductible). I missed rent because of my state mandated health insurance. When trump made it voluntary, I had more money in my pocket and I still couldn’t afford healthcare.

The ACA is fucked and needs to be replaced with a real socialized health system. Health insurance is corrupt and contrary to healthcare on a fundamental level. It should be abolished and outlawed.

The “friends with school shooters” bit might have been a debate killer. I obviously don’t want that but it was pretty bad

Vance specifically: no but for 2 minutes

But did you know that JD Vance’s family was working class and his mom was an impoverished, absentee, addict? He’s only said it like 30 times so it’s pretty easy to miss

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Most indigenous American tribes. Numerous central and south american ones as well. Plenty of pre-written history societies show no signs of forced labor or enslavement. Tons of early written societies as well. Currently existing examples include the zapatistas and rojava. They’ve built societies that are t dependent on a capitalist framework to persist. You can throw a rock and hit one.

Edit: sorry for the snark, I didn’t check the usernames before commenting and thought you were the guy who was being an ass. I’ll be happy to dig up some links for you in a new reply. If this is something you’d really like to dive into I can’t recommend David Graeber’s The Dawn of Everything enough. It’s a fantastic read

It’s been almost a decade since I’ve been there haha. It’s on the corner of 207 and US1 in St Augustine. Google says it’s a metro diner, which is a local chain. Not sure if it was a metro when I went there but I wish you well if you give it a shot!

Ive read plenty and our modern concepts around economics don’t go back that far. There have been innumerable societies that were able to create generally equitable systems of resource distribution throughout human history that weren’t contingent on modern concepts around economics. If those before us were able to do it with significantly more limitations, there’s no reason we can’t do it (and even improve upon it) now. Try reading some books that don’t lick boot

I ordered chicken and waffles at a small diner one time, it was my first time trying it. My server gave me half a chicken (literally) that had been deep fried and a pile of waffles that had to be at least 6 inches high. Best $13 I’ve ever spent but I’ve been afraid to order them ever since

It can be, and theres no good reason it shouldn’t be that way. Economics is man made concept that can be changed at will, it isn’t some infallible law of nature

You can if you want people to be able to live in some degree of comfort, security, and dignity

I took the hit. They’re trying to say that he mixed up “immigrants” and “migrants”. He absolutely did not. You can hear it clear as day

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