https://twitter.com/jasonhickel/status/1551136180242112517

  • ssjmarx [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    welfare ratio

    "How do we make society providing for its poorest citizens sound like a bad thing?"

    • HoChiMaxh [he/him]
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      2 years ago

      I mean, welfare is a good thing it refers to how well people fare

      • Fartster [comrade/them]
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        2 years ago

        In the US its a descriptor that refers to the lowest economic class, usually minorities or people who are viewed as dirty and lazy. Being "on wellfare" is to boomers a single step up from selling your body for drugs.

        • HoChiMaxh [he/him]
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          2 years ago

          The idea that in the US people are violently opposed to good things doesn't make the good things bad

      • ssjmarx [he/him]
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        2 years ago

        hmm, seems "welfare ratio" is an economic measure that I just didn't know about, so you're right. i blame my American brain associating the word "welfare" with hateful rhetoric.