humbleone.bsky.social
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Not only that, but then there’s the “we built this” as “this” is crumbling. A “this” that you were forced to build. Westerners have never conceded to anyone or anything begging for their acceptance.
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It does fit together. Colleges could raise tuition because people for the most part had no choice. You want to have a working middle class or middle
QOL? College is the only ticket.
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This is the kind of conversation about work I don’t see. We should not only talk about them paying more, but also they should be treated like the career of pro-athletes.
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Two generations were raised in a system where a 4 year degree was the only path to make enough money to feed yourself and live somewhat comfortable. So of course people will have a view about physical labor that’s archaic and unimaginative.
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There is. It’s a political thorn in my side, but I get it. It’s an issue amongst the working class too. I remember how ambivalent or against unions a lot of GenXers and Millennials were in the 2000s. Then there is the aftermath of deindustrialization these two generations grew up in.
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This is partly what inspired my skeet from yesterday. Neoliberalism has separated people from the actual real tangible and productive economy.
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This could be the case although I’ve heard this kind of talk of NPR too.
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This is where unions and co-ops come in. working 8-12 hours in horrible environments for low pay is not necessary. These are the conditions the bosses set up for us that works best for them.
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Of course I do. Does my skeet imply or has a tone that I don’t think this?
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thanks for this. I checked the site and everything is 50% off. the sale ends tonight.
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Black people took covid serious and our numbers declined while white folks covid numbers soared for much longer.
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i ain’t going to be able to shop at Burlington anymore.
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i’m from Detroit, and i’ve worked on an assembly line. It is hard work, but it’s also not what people think. People have this idea of industrial jobs that’s stuck in 1955. Things have evolved so much but the average person is disconnected from these two parts of the economy.
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this applies when you’re young too of you’re repeatedly having sex with the same person.
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And the fucked up part is these jobs bought homes, started businesses, funded political movements, and put kids through college. Y’all love the hammer and sickle, but turn your nose up at actually picking them up and using them.
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Then there’s the battle of the sexes. There are bots, trolls, and the people who search social media platforms to find posts they can argue with. It’s a damn near foolproof way to build a social media following.
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Right! A poster can be from Cameroon and talk about eating rye bread. The bot leaves a comment about tether. What the hell does tether and FBA have to do with this?
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Right!!! I do there are trolls amongst the bots. Troll or bot it’s often dumb obvious an accounts purpose is to start shit. E.g. every time an account comments on a post it forces FBA or ADOS into the topic. Every 3rd or 4th word in every comment they make on a post, they’re dropping “FBA” or “ADOS”
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I think this is the case with all of these ADOS and FBA accounts as well.
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And had no “skill”. One of the criteria for choosing which Africans to kidnap was the skills they knew members of certain ethnic groups had.
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No matter how much I try to tell them there’s no shame they didn’t care. It’s crazy to me to think having an EBT card is beneath you, but also see no issue in millionaires and billionaires taking your tax money to fund their business endeavors.
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There was a piece on NPR that investigated what happened when Wisconsin privatized their social services. The costs went up, and the help people received went down.
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Worst part is that white folks call us lazy and freeloading for getting this help, and when the truth is they want that money in their pocket.
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That stigma. I’ve had arguments with Black boomers and older GenXers about welfare. That stigma about being on welfare is still strong amongst some of us.
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I hope this is the beginning of finally exposing him and all the people in the Black misleadership class in this city that kiss his ass.
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You got me thinking about all the people who supported the protests in Hong Kong during Trump’s first term. When I said they were fake I was told I was believing Chinese propaganda. It took them seeing the protestors being flat out anti-Black for them to see it.
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i understand what you’re saying. it does fall under that umbrella. it is all connected.
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I think we can charge some of this to our communities changing so much over the last few decades. The displacement due to lack of economic opportunities, gentrification, people not getting married like they use to, etc.
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They need to be working on all the check and identity theft happening at the post office.
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I just want the second floor of my house to be as cool as the 1st floor.
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These politicians have no code. They’ll say the most violating shit to each other then team up. Look at what Harris said about Biden. Look at all the anti-Trump folks that are now staunch supporters of him. Look at Coleman Young Jr and Duggan.
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Congrats!!!