Anything but blaming the ultra rich.
My handicapped neighbour was at one point complaining that the government was cutting paratransit and her financial help, and was blaming it on the number of refugees we were taking.
Like, oh dear… if you think the government will cut social programs to give the money to other poor people, and that a choice has to be made between them and you, you’ve been had.
Poor against poor. Don’t look at the rich bastards.
How people think those with no power are the ones ruining society. How does a disenfranchised person have so much control over our government, economy, and social systems? Just ask them that question. Then ask them if a millionaire has more or less power than a unhoused person?
The truth is that western societies don’t believe they deserve vengeance from those we harmed directly or indirectly. So it’s just gaslighting themselves into thinking our comfortable lifestyles are earned by our own individual accomplishments, when the truth is that we pushed countless people down for useless stuff, misogyny, and racism.
“What about our FREEDOM”
“Like the freedom to strike?”
“No not like that”
