Let’s face it, the dems don’t care about the commoners, the republicans are actually pure evil, everyone was happy when that shitstain CEO got shot.
Maybe we should build on this momentum we have to drive actual change at the political level.
my first act as president in 2029 would be to issue a full and unconditional pardon of the billionaire killer.
edit:
well alrighty then, followup question, does anyone want to join my newly formed political party? I’m going to start working on drafting our mission statement, or manifesto or whatever it should be called.
Further Edit: I set up a lemmy community for us to post shit about it. If you want to join, that’s our official, unofficial space. https://lemmy.world/c/newpoliticalparty
They seem good, but as a disabled person who can’t work, the name is icky.
Work is more then just wage labour. Don’t let anyone tell you otherwise.
Well when politicians constantly use work and labour as a way to shore up support, it very quickly forgets and leaves behind those who can’t.
“working people deserve a living wage” (does that imply non-working people don’t?)
This is a “black lives matter” messaging situation. Just because working people deserve a living wage doesn’t mean other people don’t.
It’s annoying that this isn’t obvious. But I agree that it’s not.
Not really. There isn’t a systemic problem where the lives of black people are valued more than others. The systemic problem is that black people’s lives are valued less than others.
There is a systemic problem where the lives of people unable to work through no fault of their own are valued less than those who can work.
Good point. So it’s more akin to saying “black men’s lives matter” then. Both are oppressed groups, one more than the other, but why dice it up like that?
I think the answer in this case is that the solutions are different. One is about improving disability and healthcare, one is about minimum wage. But they didn’t make it nearly clear enough that they would improve disability. They only focus on the minimum wage message.
Everyone can work in some way
That is completely untrue and shows you don’t really understand the complexity of disability.
I literally cannot.
I’m able to spend about 30mins-1hr total per day on my phone doing simple tasks. And that’s because I’ve improved, most of my illness course I’ve been unable to use my phone of communicate in any way at all.
I’m completely bedridden and unable to speak, deaf, unable to tolerate much sound or light, tubefed and slowly dying.
I cannot work.
you have spent quite a bit of time reading, comprehending and replying to this comment thread. thank you for expending that energy to enlighten us about your situation.