this post was submitted on 17 Oct 2024
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We are constantly told that solutions to some of the greatest challenges facing poor and working class people in the U.S. do not exist. Meanwhile, billions taxpayer dollars are being used to fund the genocide of Palestinians.

That very money could have ended homelessness in the United States.

Money for our needs, not the U.S.-Israeli war machine!

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[–] Fidel_Cashflow@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

real human beings are already suffering, both abroad due to the genocide and endless wars our country funds, and also at home where people are condemned to the slow deaths of poverty and homelessness. you are privileged enough that the suffering has not reached you yet, but it will. I would argue that the selfish hypocrisy here is voting to preserve your own comfort at the cost of the countless people suffering that you can't see.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io -2 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

Read the thread again. You have it precisely backwards. I’m arguing to reduce the suffering of others as much as possible.

[–] macabrett@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago (1 children)

And in doing so, not demanding an end to the actual suffering currently occurring.

[–] magnetosphere@fedia.io -2 points 2 weeks ago

I can say “I’m arguing to reduce the suffering of others as much as possible” an infinite number of times, and people will find infinite ways to misinterpret or twist my words. I’m starting to understand the thinking process behind voting 3rd party for president.