• LoudMuffin [he/him]
    ·
    3 years ago

    trying to survive

    This is what drives me fucking insane, with all the wealth and technology we have today

    why the fuck do I need to survive like I'm some fucking caveman?

    Yes everyone should work and contribute to society, but there is NO fucking reason why every single person shouldn't have their baseline needs met with the amount of food, clothing, etc. we produce EVERY SINGLE FUCKING DAY

    there's so much fucking clothes they throw that shit away! there's landfills full of the shit in Ghana!!!

    There's so much fucking food we throw tons of it out at every place I've ever worked!

    What the FUCK!

    its such a blatantly irrational way to organize society. Can someone explain to me WHY we can't have everyone be fed and housed from a centrist/right wing angle?

    I'm not asking for 1950's American settler lifestyle for all

    Like literally you should be able to have a job, any FUCKING job, doing literally ANYTHING contributing to society and not have to worry about starving. You won't be some pampered glutton, but you shouldn't fucking die.

    • Tapirs10 [undecided,she/her]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Everyone at the very least should be able to not starve or freeze to death on the streets. We have resources for this. It is a moral failing of society that needs are not provided

    • Ithorian [comrade/them]
      ·
      edit-2
      3 years ago

      I honestly think it's on purpose. As long as the population is too busy trying to survive they don't have the time or energy to fight against the oppression that's keeping them impoverished.

      • LoudMuffin [he/him]
        ·
        edit-2
        3 years ago

        have the time or energy to fight against the oppression that’s keeping them impoverished

        having been completely dispossesed, at some point all they'll have left is dismantling oppression with lethargy and emeciated frames :thinking-about-it:

    • NaturalsNotInIt [any]
      ·
      3 years ago

      Can someone explain to me WHY we can’t have everyone be fed and housed from a centrist/right wing angle?

      Turn on the news right now, they're telling you why for free. The reason is "if people have their basic needs met, no one will want to do crappy jobs that we need like burger flipper, truck driver, shelf stocker, etc." They literally feel entitled to you laboring under whatever conditions work best for them, and they will torture you to get it done if you won't sign up voluntarily.