this post was submitted on 20 Nov 2024
122 points (99.2% liked)

chat

8386 readers
164 users here now

Chat is a text only community for casual conversation, please keep shitposting to the absolute minimum. This is intended to be a separate space from c/chapotraphouse or the daily megathread. Chat does this by being a long-form community where topics will remain from day to day unlike the megathread, and it is distinct from c/chapotraphouse in that we ask you to engage in this community in a genuine way. Please keep shitposting, bits, and irony to a minimum.

As with all communities posts need to abide by the code of conduct, additionally moderators will remove any posts or comments deemed to be inappropriate.

Thank you and happy chatting!

founded 3 years ago
MODERATORS
EmmaGoldman@hexbear.net
ZoomeristLeninist@hexbear.net
SexUnderSocialism@hexbear.net
Sulv@hexbear.net
122
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
49 comments fedilink hide all child comments
 
  • 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

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments
[–] SuperZutsuki@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago (1 children)

wdym, everyone knows latinx trans groomer hamas supporters are ruining the country by shoplifting a gorillion dollars worth of merchandise by day and painting bike lanes on every street by night

[–] LGOrcStreetSamurai@hexbear.net 11 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

I think about that every day. Im posting from inside my Ford F1-800 battle truck in my suburban gated home. I am deathly afraid of nonexistent people harming me and my family who I see as a burden on my lost future. I don't know a single person who works a wage job. I make $600K a year selling business to business finance software I don’t understand. I believe myself to be working class. I hate my fellow man in a way I cannot articulate.

[–] wheresmysurplusvalue@hexbear.net 5 points 5 months ago

New tag line just dropped