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[-] the_q@lemmy.world 8 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

My anger is aimed squarely at the correct people and things. I know how this shit show works. People making minimum wage, you know the largest group of earners, hasn't had a raise regardless of the "economy" in nearly 15 years barring a few blue states. This country grows tons of food that just gets shipped off or used for plastic so if grain production is the issue it's a logistics issue and not a supply issue. Our government is ineffective for the average person. It's amazingly effective for the rich and corps. There is nothing we can do about it either because voting is a performative act instead of a meaningful one. Our 2 presidential candidates are thousand year old dust factories. They're supported by either 100 year old dust factories or younger sociopaths who are only in it for power and money. At the local level it's meaningless because of you're in a red area there's no way to win and if you're in a blue area everyone's too busy patting each other on the back for not being red that they still don't fucking do a good job.

The problem isn't me being angry, it's that more people aren't.

Edit: I was wrong about the number of minimum wage workers.

[-] ultranaut@lemmy.world 11 points 9 months ago

People making minimum wage are not the largest group of earners, its actually a very tiny minority of workers that earn the minimum wage.

[-] KevonLooney@lemm.ee 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

This person just wants to be angry. They haven't proposed anything useful or mentioned anything possible to change. They might feel bad and not vote.

Don't let them pull you down to their level. Even if you're depressed about the state of things, vote anyway. The people causing the problems want you to be depressed and not vote. Vote anyway. You can still complain later.

Edit: told you

[-] the_q@lemmy.world 2 points 9 months ago

Don't put words in my mouth. I do my civic duty. And you want a solution? Burn it to ash and rebuild it.

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