• Housing
  • Student Loans
  • Medical Care
  • Child care/The cost of children (assuming that's something you want to do not making a value judgement)
  • Education
  • Wages/"JOBS™©®"/"THE ECONOMY™©®"
  • Inflation/Cost of Living/Value of currency
  • Just the political issues we all face but are the best "hot button" issues

All that sort of stuff. I'm not minimizing stuff like Palestine of course, but I don't recall in the seemingly endless 2020-2024 election campaign. I don't really think I heard any sort of real "kitchen table issues". I feel like even the most basic political issues have been obfuscated or ignored. It feels like these very political issues have been removed from the sphere of political discourse.

I don't know what my larger point is, but it feels strange to think that for example I haven't heard a single mention of something like higher education costs for example. This isn’t just a dunk on Democrats either, though it is worth saying “get fucked losers”, but I think since about 2020 I haven’t heard a damn thing about healthcare or housing in a real political way from the big two or the media in general.

Again this isn't to meant to minimize any other real problems either, not trying to "this is more important than that", just saying I haven't political people talk about politics all the while not being able to escape the political dimension

  • principalkohoutek [none/use name]
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    12 hours ago

    Pumping and storing milk is a middle class privilege.

    My sister bought a $500 milker and separate storage fridge so she could plan out her pump schedule and meals for her newborn. She also had the kind of email job that has a private pumping room with plush chairs, dim lighting, and nobody asking questions as to where you were for the last hour.

    The average mother of 3 working at Taco Bell needs to resort to using formula