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Dude 5k is absolutely within reach of many working class retirees, especially widows. They do give that much and more. But that’s not the point.
Working class has never meant currently working, or even formerly working. But that’s not the point.
Is this a “useless eater” argument? A person’s ability is not what gives them the right to not be murdered. But even that is not the point.
Is this defending generational wealth inheritance? Because that’s part of how we got here. At least be consistent. But that is not the point.
Again many working class retirees have some combination of retirement savings, pension, SSI, SSDI, insurance and LTC vehicles, etc, that can put 5k of liquid assets within reach, even if it costs them dearly. But that’s not the point.
Only for the true global elite would top-down be a sound strategy, and again the elites won’t be on your list because they give differently. And it’s only sound because it associates wealth itself with risk, directly counteracting their incentive for further oppression/profit. But that’s not the point.
The point: if you murder people for the way they vote, or even threaten to do so, you become a fascist yourself.
This isn’t how we win. Get your ass into therapy before hate consumes you.
We can argue more about whose approach is correct when we meet in the concentration camps.
To call someone who worked 30 years and retired in their 50's with a full pension, 401k, and full government benefits all the while supporting a partner and family, 'working class' is incredibly disingenuous. That's called upper middle class now, to have one adult work, and afford a home and raise children.
Just because they used to be 'working class' doesn't mean they are now
Some white privilege gamgam that got knocked up 60 years ago and has been riding that accomplishment ever since, giving money her dead husband earned to a fucking traitor is something that should not go unpunished.
2016, fine your of the hook. 2020? You're fucking organic waste, but fine, you get a pass. But if you gave that money, in 2024, after all he had already said and done, then you're gonna fucking pay for your choice. If anything, your kids know how you voted, and ultimately we'll be the ones that determine how you spend your last days on this earth, when you get water, pain meds, how long you sit in your own filth, and when the plug is pulled.
The elderly shouldn't be in the practice of building houses that they'll never live in. They've had their time, it was a complete fucking catastrophe. If they had bowed out gracefully there wouldn't be a need for them to bow down before the beheading.
Donald — He asks that you now call him that — thanks you for your continued service, for the outstandingly explicit misogyny, ageism, chauvinism, victim blaming, eugenicist contempt, uncontrollable seething hatred and mommy issues you have now publicly expressed in your rampage against His victims.
It’s people like you doing the greatest work to shape social discourse in His Image, to sow hatred and discord, to further galvanize His voter base, and to fracture that of His enemies who trusted you.
He wishes to convey that your thirst for the blood of your weakest countrymen, your betrayal of democratic values and esprit de corps, and your abandonment of any sense of justice or morality in service of His Vision has not gone unnoticed. Even He finds it delightfully grotesque.
We all expect great things from your campaign of terror against the working class. Keep up the good work.