no, I said I wanted a tradewife. like a union electrician

What’s rarely made explicitly outside Marxist analysis is that UBI would reduce in purposeful coercion inherent in capitalism, and thus upend the power of capital. That’s the real reason for resistance to implementation, not cost or taxes. Rich don’t want it bc poor won’t be forced to work or die.

#caturday

I don’t need to go into space, it’s none of my business. I’m a big Earth guy, I can’t get enough of her work. Daffodils! Are you kidding me? Bison! Miraculous. Sending a slinky down the stairs? Incredible. Mariachi music? Yes, please.

this also goes for people outside the united states, saying things like “you deserve what you voted for” to the many, many vulnerable people being directly targeted by this government

Wild idea: The minimum wage and the living wage SHOULD BE THE SAME.

No amount of complicity is going to save you from fascism, so you might as well fight.

Telling a generation of young people that there's no money for free healthcare, education, inclusive infrastructure, ending homelessness, poverty, etc, and then spending billions to sponsor wars and genocides abroad really does trigger a very particular type of rage.