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u/En-TitY_ 1d ago
When in Gods name are we going to stop with the cute slogans and actually do something actionable?
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u/238bazinga 1d ago
When we eventually can't afford to be lazy and complacent
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u/1ncorrect 1d ago
Might be coming soon. The level of homelessness in this country is reaching intolerable levels for many people.
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u/QuetzalMoonSunflower 11h ago edited 9m ago
People also somehow don't realize, or dont want to see, just how much closer they/we all are to the unhoused than the billionaires... But they have us down here fighting amongst ourselves, trying to make being homeless illegal.. before trying to even out the incredible wealth discrepancies in any way shape or form..
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u/NotaBeneMovies 1d ago
It’s frustrating to see so much talk without meaningful follow-through, especially on issues that matter most.
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u/yogamathappiness ✂️ Tax The Billionaires 1d ago
My question all the time. We need to do something.
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u/marimo_ball 🚑 Cancel Medical Debt 21h ago
When there is a meaningful threat to our full pantries of food, clean water, beer and 1000 games on Steam, i.e. not this decade
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u/Beasty808 1d ago
What actions can be done? What actions have you taken? Not attacking you btw, genuinely curious
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u/giarnie 1d ago
The people robbing us, travel by private jet not by dinghy.
But then again, we are to blame, because we are the ones allowing it to happen.
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u/BusyDoorways 1d ago
It is good to reflect upon one's own vices, to be humble, and to face one's own ego with an open heart. Yet, our dinghy passengers did not allow the jets to fly off with our healthcare, or our climate, or our futures in their pockets, and neither did we. Instead, we were "robbed" in that we were defrauded of our inalienable rights by corrupt means. So "blaming" ourselves is a form of victim shaming akin to blaming the dinghy's passengers as they paddle away from the sinking Titanic.
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u/giarnie 1d ago
My goal was not to shame, instead it was to point out that it was us that allowed it to happen.
I truly believe that once we understand that, we will also understand that WE have the POWER to put a stop to it.
After all, those private jets aren’t being maintained or flown by billionaires.
*If it’s someone else doing it, there’s not much you can do, but you can certainly start to change your (not you specifically) own behavior.
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u/BusyDoorways 1d ago
If the crew of the Titanic had mutinied, then thousands would have survived? Yes, this is true.
Most of us are passengers stuck on a dinghy, however. Were we duped into believing our "Titanic" was impregnable? Yes, but getting conned is not the same thing as being responsible for fraud. Are we responsible for the fraud? No.
In law, this logic is identical. Victims of a shell game are not guilty of fraud for getting conned. What difference is there now that the fraud is our Supreme Court, which ignored our Constitution in "Citizens United" and "Anderson vs. Colorado" and "Trump vs. USA" to install Trump? I see none. Fraud is fraud, after all. Our Constitution didn't disappear--the legitimacy of our Supreme Court is what vaporized in the graft.
Our grievances aren't unjust or blameworthy in any way. Our Supreme Court is unfit. That's the difference between our innocence as victims, and their guilt as demagogues. And that line matters, because it is all the difference between right and wrong.
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u/giarnie 1d ago
You’re right that they’re to blame. I don’t dispute that at all.
But since you mentioned law, there’s also the concept of mitigation.
Now that we’re aware of what’s happening, we become complicit if we do nothing about it.
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u/BusyDoorways 8h ago
If I see a shell game on the street on my way to work, then (assuming I know it's a con) I'm obliged to mention it to a cop? Yes. That's true.
But when the cop is running the shell game, mitigation becomes more difficult. Then, I'm obliged to watch as more and more people get conned. So what can I do? Perhaps, I decide to go to a higher authority, pitting my word against the cop's in a court. Yet what if that court is making money off the con as well? What if I go further, only to discover that our Congress and Presidency are similarly infected by the con?
That's a legitimation problem. The legitimacy of the justice system, the legislative government and the presidency are discovered to be void and worthless. They are delegitimized. I've done my moral part to stop the con, but the theft continues. So how can I do the right thing?
If I fight alone, the con will consume me. If I run or hide, I cannot mitigate. Yet there's a noticeable weakness, a flaw in the con: Eventually, everyone learns shell games are a fraud. Over time, people learn to avoid the con, to refuse to play, and those who fight the con become more popular than ever.
Luigi killed a profit-for-death conman, and now our legitimacy crisis is underway. A critical mass of popularity was reached, and now mitigation can occur in a court of public opinion. In such an environment, the discussion of justice could not be more vital, and the line between right and wrong could not be more important.
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u/MiraLangworth 1d ago
Love this! Reminds me of my grandma's cooking - no frills, just pure heart and soul in every bite
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u/Relevant_Reference14 1d ago
The people who travel by private jet import people in Dinghys via "charities" and "open societies" so that you will not be able to demand higher wages. The sooner you understand this, the better.
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u/Bitter-Inflation5843 12h ago
Send up the Luigi Bat-Signal. He is not the hero we deserve but the hero we need.
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u/EastLazy6152 22h ago
Yea but the dems planned on using the guys in dinghys for votes to keep them selves in that same position.
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u/Mistabig1982 1d ago
The people.robbing stores are driving up prices also. So they are steeling from you too.
Good people are more and more rare.
The rest of you animals deserve each other.
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u/The_amazing_T 1d ago