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Democratic policies have consistently squeezed the working class into a perpetual grind. We are seeing that to an extreme level now with the current inflation.

Democratic policies have consistently squeezed the working class into a perpetual grind. We are seeing that to an extreme level now with the current inflation. There is essentially no time for self actualization and the pursuit of happiness. If you can't break out of the working grind into being wealthy and you don't want to go into the bottom and become reliant on the government then you are increasingly fucked. The barrier to rising into wealth is ever increasing as well. Life expectancy is quickly falling to intersect the retirement age. The median household income is about half of what's needed to own the median home. The student loan crisis has many starting out in tremendous debt just to be able to work until they die!

watwut 4y ago
Mike was not exactly economically unsuccessful. He had a job, had no debt, had a condo. It was "in a faceless St. Louis suburb" per author taste, but there is no mention of Mike actually complaining about that. There is no mention of Mike saying anything or having opinion on anything, except brief interest in Holocaust and failing to find a job with the Texas Democratic Party. Mike is not example of squeezed working class. And even less example of being squeezed by democrats specifically.
- folsom 4y ago
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- red-iron-pine 4y ago
  Yeah I didn't Mike was particularly bad off. Squeezed by a capitalist society that didn't give a damn, but he also had enough options and was in a big enough city to try to give shit a try.
Convolutional 4y ago
> Democratic policies have consistently squeezed the working class into a perpetual grind > The student loan crisis has many starting out in tremendous debt just to be able to work until they die! You might want to check on recent votes, there is a party that does not want to help with tremendous student loan debt, and it's not the Democratic party.
jemmyw 4y ago
Both political parties are equally to blame. They've both had about the same amount of time in power. They hardly represent different interests except on fringe issues. I'm not American though I have lived there, but it's the same issue everywhere in democracies. The left political parties have stopped representing the working person. The right pretend they do but never have and never will.

watwut 4y ago

Mike was not exactly economically unsuccessful. He had a job, had no debt, had a condo. It was "in a faceless St. Louis suburb" per author taste, but there is no mention of Mike actually complaining about that. There is no mention of Mike saying anything or having opinion on anything, except brief interest in Holocaust and failing to find a job with the Texas Democratic Party. Mike is not example of squeezed working class. And even less example of being squeezed by democrats specifically.

folsom 4y ago
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red-iron-pine 4y ago
Yeah I didn't Mike was particularly bad off. Squeezed by a capitalist society that didn't give a damn, but he also had enough options and was in a big enough city to try to give shit a try.

Convolutional 4y ago

> Democratic policies have consistently squeezed the working class into a perpetual grind > The student loan crisis has many starting out in tremendous debt just to be able to work until they die! You might want to check on recent votes, there is a party that does not want to help with tremendous student loan debt, and it's not the Democratic party.

jemmyw 4y ago

Both political parties are equally to blame. They've both had about the same amount of time in power. They hardly represent different interests except on fringe issues. I'm not American though I have lived there, but it's the same issue everywhere in democracies. The left political parties have stopped representing the working person. The right pretend they do but never have and never will.