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The most bonkers parts our current political environment is there like zero mention of common issues that "regular everyday" people face (hexbear.net)

submitted 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) by LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net to c/chat@hexbear.net

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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
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

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[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 8 points 5 months ago

Why do they always go with egg prices...

I think because egg/eggs is easy to use in a joke and it's punchy because it's a single syllable. A "They voted for egg prices!" joke allows libs to skewer the people they like least. Who is this "they"? Maga? Traditional republicans? Non-voters? People who don't vote often enough for the democrats? The poor? Etc. And it's a sort of Freudian slip that some dems can't resist. They are actually saying it's stupid for people to vote based on their own circumstances and their own material conditions. Gee - why would people do that???

I saw an egg meme with two gigantic black trucks in a driveway. It was very strange. I don't remember the text. Ninja edit - this...