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[–] UmeU@lemmy.world 4 points 5 months ago (1 children)

I would argue that conspiracy the other way around… they keep us pacified with $2 cheeseburgers so that we don’t revolt. There will never be a revolution in the US so long as the beef industry continues to receive it subsidies which keep the cost of a Big Mac at around a half hour’s wages.

That said, if you really think that starvation is a liberal conspiracy used to control the masses, then you are simply delusional.

It’s conservatives that are trying to undermine social services like food stamps and healthcare, not the liberals.

[–] anticolonialist@lemmy.world -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Starvation is a tool of capitalism which democrats hold a part in preserving at our expense.

It was DNC action last year that kicked a shit ton of people off food stamps and Medicaid. It was DNC action that reformed welfare under Clinton that burned the safety net to the working class?. The two collude together at our expense

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Yeah, one passes food stamp reform and the other literally wants to murder all minorities and race traitors.

But to you they are the same, right? Good thing people like you are here to help explain why voting straight Republican is such a better choice!

[–] anticolonialist@lemmy.world -4 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Find where I said vote Republican. Voting for neither is an option.

Kicking millions off SNAP was not reform

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’s ok, baby sealion. We all know who you vote for and what you really stand for.

[–] anticolonialist@lemmy.world -3 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Oh darling that's cute. All the girls ever have is the ability to infantilize everyone they disagree with. There's a reason liberals are referred to as sciolists. BlueMAGA for short

[–] Ragnarok314159@sopuli.xyz 1 points 5 months ago (1 children)

It’s so cute you say that, sweet summer child. I hope you find your way back to Reddit and hang out with the like minded MAGA folk. I wish you the best!

[–] anticolonialist@lemmy.world -2 points 5 months ago

BlueMAGA sciolists are tenfold worse than MAGA. MAGA doesn't pretend to care. BlueMAGA use the marginalized as human shields to defend their shitty policy while claiming to be their allies.