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Open question for everyone https://twitter.com/AmyDentata/status/1248327930511364097
It’s one of those questions that leads to privileged people going radio silent, when what they need to do is examine their behavior and change
By the way, folks. I keep seeing people talk like “it sucks that your dream candidate lost, but—“
No. There is no “dream candidate.” Any argument that assumes there is misses the point.
No. There is no “dream candidate.” Any argument that assumes there is misses the point.
If you keep talking to poor people like they’re whiny, spoiled children, you will do nothing but alienate potential voters. While failing to learn anything at all about the lives poor people lead.
Poverty in our society is infantilizing, and wealth grants people unearned respect. This affects how you think about poor people and wealthy people. It poisons your political discourse, even if you don’t realize it. Become aware of this. And stop perpetuating it.
You, in the middle class, do not understand the poor. The rich people above you who hold political office do not understand the poor.
Those rich people give you tiny scraps while screwing over the poor, or hurt you while also screwing over the poor.
Those rich people give you tiny scraps while screwing over the poor, or hurt you while also screwing over the poor.
The people you need to fight are above you, not below you. But you focus on berating the poor because you (incorrectly) feel powerless against the rich.
Stop doing that.
Stop doing that.
Stop cheering for table scraps. Stop getting mad when the poor aren’t happy about receiving 10 lashes instead of 20.
10 lashes isn’t “a step in the right direction.” It is a failure of humanity. Recognize that. And fight those above you accordingly.
“But but but—“
No buts. Do you but but but the multimillionaire dynastic politicians you stan over? No, you don’t. Because their wealth has granted them unearned respect. And our poverty leads to our infantilization.
Stop doing that. Just listen.
No buts. Do you but but but the multimillionaire dynastic politicians you stan over? No, you don’t. Because their wealth has granted them unearned respect. And our poverty leads to our infantilization.
Stop doing that. Just listen.
Feel hurt. Feel upset. And then grow. Those below you have had to go through this process ten times over.
