CthulhusIntern [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 days ago"Price of eggs" jokes or "economic anxiety" jokes are political Calvinism. They're ignoring material conditions to say that the people who vote for the opposing party are just the Bad People.message-squaremessage-square53fedilinkarrow-up198arrow-down12file-text
arrow-up196arrow-down1message-square"Price of eggs" jokes or "economic anxiety" jokes are political Calvinism. They're ignoring material conditions to say that the people who vote for the opposing party are just the Bad People.CthulhusIntern [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 8 days agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehashbrowns4life [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up42·8 days ago…they were never not ignoring the material conditions, half of their speeches are “please ignore that you are poor, it will get better soon”
minus-squareSkingradGuard [he/him, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up35·8 days agoAlternatively, “please ignore that you are poor, but the stock market is doing great!”
minus-squareGnastyGnuts [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up28·8 days ago“Try looking at the big picture instead of being so self-centered.”
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·8 days agoWho do you believe, your own lying eyes or the booming stock market?
…they were never not ignoring the material conditions, half of their speeches are “please ignore that you are poor, it will get better soon”
Alternatively, “please ignore that you are poor, but the stock market is doing great!”
“Try looking at the big picture instead of being so self-centered.”
Who do you believe, your own lying eyes or the booming stock market?
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