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>Food stamps exist not out of genuine compassion for the poor, but because those in power know very well what happens when starvation becomes too widespread. s
by gerbal 12y ago
>Food stamps exist not out of genuine compassion for the poor, but because those in power know very well what happens when starvation becomes too widespread.
someone needs to cc that memo to the right wing American Oligarchs.
- hoggle 12y agoPanem et circenses - they know that for now they don't have to fear anything.
- yzzxy 12y agoWhile I don't necessarily dispute American oligarchy existing... don't you think capitalizing the term makes you seem a bit too much like a conspiracy theorist? Hearts and minds, people.
- imaginenore 12y agoRight wingers solution to unemployment/poverty is exactly that - let them starve and blame them for not being able to get a job.
- hoggle 12y agoGoes to show how stupid right wingers are, it doesn't take much to make people happy consumer slaves these days. Much less of a problem than having angry mobs at their gates that want to lynch them.
- zo1 12y ago"imaginenore", I see you like straw men, here is another one for you: And on the other side of the coin, we have a legion of well-fed, opinionated individuals who, from the comforts of their warm home, tell the poor: "You can not help yourself, only we can help you, using the state. Don't mind me and how I got here, that's irrelevant, what's relevant is that WE are the only ones that can help you!" - With the implied assumption that the poor are pathetic and can't help themselves.
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- imaginenore 12y agoHow is it a straw man if your leadership announced the intention to make deeps cuts in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program?
- zo1 12y agoInstead of picking just one, here's an entire google search term for you to ponder over: http://lmgtfy.com/?q=illegal+to+feed+homeless http://lmgtfy.com/?q=illegal+to+feed+homeless