did you know that iowa has a homeless population of 2,315

did you know that if he wanted to he could give every homeless person in iowa a free apartment at an average cost of 80k per apartment

did you know that obliterating homelessness in an entire state would probably make you win that entire state because you could just say 'lol i eradicated homelessness in iowa what did these other nerds do'

  • grisbajskulor [he/him]
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    4 years ago

    This exact discussion was had yesterday on Jacobin w Amber Frost:

    https://youtu.be/mZLKYG2DgPM

    Cue the "lol Jacobin socdems" people, Jen and Paul are most definitely not socdems. Mutual aid and charity (spoiler: they're the same thing) are band-aids, and they're absolutely good and should be done - but they do not and cannot solve systemic issues.

    • No_Values [none/use name]
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      4 years ago

      Mutual aid and charity (spoiler: they’re the same thing)

      Have to disagree, check out https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mutual_aid_(organization_theory)#Mutual_aid_vs._charity for some basic distinctions

      • Audeamus [any]
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        4 years ago

        Seconded. Mutual aid is the beginning of worker organization. Charity is tax write-offs and good feels for rich liberals.

      • grisbajskulor [he/him]
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        4 years ago

        Totally fair, I over-simplified. But either way check out the video if you're interested, they do make really good points. And it's not an indictment of mutual aid, more just discussing the strategic aspects required.

    • kristina [she/her]
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      4 years ago

      why exactly should i listen to a podcaster who gets paid like 200k to talk shit

      • grisbajskulor [he/him]
        ·
        4 years ago

        Tru, that's why I also stay away from Marx or Engels or Mao because they were rich.

        • kristina [she/her]
          ·
          4 years ago

          difference: they actually did things

          did amber send like 80k in weapons to rebels or something like marx did lol

      • crispyhexagon [none/use name]
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        4 years ago

        a podcaster who wants a return to lincoln era republicanism by the left

        :centrist: being a racist that wanted to compromise with slavers was not just good but the best we could ever aspire to, actually.