CthulhusIntern [he/him]@hexbear.net to chapotraphouse@hexbear.netEnglish · 1 month 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-up1113arrow-down13file-text
arrow-up1110arrow-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 · 1 month agomessage-square53fedilinkfile-text
minus-squarehashbrowns4life [none/use name]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up52·1 month 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-up43·1 month agoAlternatively, “please ignore that you are poor, but the stock market is doing great!”
minus-squareGnastyGnuts [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up33·1 month ago“Try looking at the big picture instead of being so self-centered.”
minus-squareSoyViking [he/him]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14·1 month 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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