Not givin' up
this post was submitted on 11 Sep 2024
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You don't simply stop "doing the right thing" just because you're not "winning."
I got the original meme but I don’t understand this. Can someone ELI5?
Are they suggesting that its sad that “you” would think people only deserve food water and shelter?
It could because its very US centric.
A lot of people in the US argue that the poor don't deserve anything, any lack of money is a moral failing, and they don't deserve any kind of help.
They have that attitude because capitalism has gaslit them into believing the "pull yourself up by your own bootstraps" lie to justify their position that someone who is thirsty should be allowed to die of thirst, someone who is hungry should be allowed to die of hunger, and someone homeless should be allowed to die of exposure.
The person in the meme is arguing against those people, saying all humans actually do all deserve food, water, and shelter. All things US conservatives would happily deny someone who was suffering. The cruelty is the point.
I hope this helps!
Oh wow okay. Arguing against a point I didn’t know needed arguing against. Thanks.
That is indeed sad as fuck. And as someone disabled to the point I’m unable to work, also scary as fuck.
My partner is disabled as well, so yeah, for real, I hear you. It's fucked and scary as hell. Technically I am, too, I guess, because I have cancer, but I'm in the US so people really don't give a fuck because I'm in my 40's and don't sufficiently look like I have cancer, so I'm expected to just keep working... It's super fun having to hide it in job interviews so I'm not straight rejected because they'll think I'll miss too much work so they just won't fucking hire me, and fat chance I can ever prove such discrimination...