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But have you considered that the economy is doing great? very-intelligent

Surely the incumbent party won't get bit by this at the polls clueless

Anecdotally my org is set to give nearly 30% more food in 2024 than last year

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[–] Chronicon@hexbear.net 38 points 3 weeks ago

I scrolled by this like 3 times before the words "In key swing states" really sunk in

They only fucking care because of the election.

[–] kristina@hexbear.net 38 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

I help with a trans housing network and all the people offering free housing to trans people are basically completely full scared

[–] blobjim@hexbear.net 37 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

but are the grapes of wrath growing ripe for the vintage?

[–] RION@hexbear.net 28 points 3 weeks ago

a-little-trolling Folks, the grapes of wrath. You know Steinbeck? They're growing so ripe under Biden. Under me they weren't growing at all they were like those fake grapes you get for photoshoots. You know the ones? And they look so great but you bite into one, and then it's rubber! We had the greatest looking grapes, and they were fake because everyone was happy. Believe me we did have them.

With Kamala? Those are gonna be some real grapes, folks. They're gonna be so ripe, so heavy, you could probably feed your family with one bunch. I bet you could. And you know, you might need to.

frothingfash Shout from crowd: Because of Biden's inflation!

Uproarious jeering and applause

a-little-trolling He's right. I didn't want to say it I thought it might be too mean. I wasn't gonna say it. But it's true. It's true folks. With the Democrats you're gonna need your grapes.

[–] Llituro@hexbear.net 29 points 3 weeks ago

The works of the roots of the vines, of the trees, must be destroyed to keep up the price, and this is the saddest, bitterest thing of all. Carloads of oranges dumped on the ground. The people came for miles to take the fruit, but this could not be. How would they buy oranges at twenty cents a dozen if they could drive out and pick them up? And men with hoses squirt kerosene on the oranges, and they are angry at the crime, angry at the people who have come to take the fruit. A million people hungry, needing the fruit- and kerosene sprayed over the golden mountains. And the smell of rot fills the country. Burn coffee for fuel in the ships. Burn corn to keep warm, it makes a hot fire. Dump potatoes in the rivers and place guards along the banks to keep the hungry people from fishing them out. Slaughter the pigs and bury them, and let the putrescence drip down into the earth.

There is a crime here that goes beyond denunciation. There is a sorrow here that weeping cannot symbolize. There is a failure here that topples all our success. The fertile earth, the straight tree rows, the sturdy trunks, and the ripe fruit. And children dying of pellagra must die because a profit cannot be taken from an orange. And coroners must fill in the certificate- died of malnutrition- because the food must rot, must be forced to rot. The people come with nets to fish for potatoes in the river, and the guards hold them back; they come in rattling cars to get the dumped oranges, but the kerosene is sprayed. And they stand still and watch the potatoes float by, listen to the screaming pigs being killed in a ditch and covered with quick-lime, watch the mountains of oranges slop down to a putrefying ooze; and in the eyes of the people there is the failure; and in the eyes of the hungry there is a growing wrath. In the souls of the people the grapes of wrath are filling and growing heavy, growing heavy for the vintage.

[–] Infamousblt@hexbear.net 27 points 3 weeks ago

See these people are lining up at the food banks in record numbers because of vibes and because they don't understand how great the economy is. Surely it's not because they can't afford food, that definitely isn't it. They probably just don't realize how good the economy is! Vote blue!

[–] InevitableSwing@hexbear.net 25 points 3 weeks ago

In Michigan, Phil Knight, executive director of the Food Bank Council of Michigan, said he’s also seeing more regulars. In the past, most people he’d see coming to his food banks needed short-term assistance because of a health issue, a family emergency or a job loss. Now, he said, the food banks have become a routine necessity for households.

“It’s almost become a form of income replacement,” said Knight. “This is becoming a regular practice for lower-income families.”

[–] egg1918@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Quick, send another 20 billion to isntreal

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

Can we please make this a leftist dogwhistle?

“Another 20 billion”.

“Just one more 20 billion, bro”.

[–] CarmineCatboy2@hexbear.net 6 points 3 weeks ago

not specific enough, sent another 20 billion to the afghan national army

[–] DoiDoi@hexbear.net 23 points 3 weeks ago

We gotta get our strongest canvassers out there immediately to make sure they know about the dick cheney endorsement. You really can't let a captive audience like that go to waste

[–] Beaver@hexbear.net 18 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago) (1 children)

My parents have helped out at food shelf in the rural Midwest for a couple decades now, and the demand is way up, although not as high as it was during 2007-2008. The real unemployment rate is at record lows in that area, and wage growth is actually increasing, but not enough to keep up with ballooning grocery bills and rent hikes. So the families with lots of kids might have more income coming in from wage labor, but their costs are just out of control, and food aid is absolutely essential to keep the household afloat. I think what is not really appreciated is that there's a huge shortage of rentals that have 5+ bedrooms (renting a house is the only real option).

I think the really cynical calculus from the political establishment is that these people are mostly non-voters, and so actually trying to address these problems is a waste of political capital.

[–] SoyViking@hexbear.net 5 points 3 weeks ago

Meanwhile, the spectre of food insecurity is very effective for keeping the proles in line and make them put up with low pay and shitty conditions. The people who really matter to politicians, the donors, love this.

[–] WhatDoYouMeanPodcast@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

wait, I have an idea for how the dems could gain favorability in key locations that could help them gain power that they can then use to enrich themselves, cement their legacies, and secure future elections instead of being deadlocked in arguments with single-mindedly cruel people.

What..? They don't give a fuck?

[–] DerRedMax@hexbear.net 17 points 3 weeks ago

Woah there OP! I think we’re going to need you to NSFW that image.

beanis

[–] wombat@hexbear.net 15 points 3 weeks ago

we may have to start making excuses for the lack of terror

[–] 2Password2Remember@hexbear.net 14 points 3 weeks ago

i've been thinking a lot recently about how much actual real revolution depends on food insecurity and hunger, at bottom. in my view pretty much no other material deprivation - lack of access to healthcare, for example - can drive people to the lengths necessary to attempt to overthrow the status quo. which essentially means that here in amerikkka we are a loooooong way from really entering The Cool Zone, because while most people are miserable, they are not hungry. realistically nobody's gonna start or join a revolution unless the alternative is literally starving to death

Death to America

[–] UlyssesT@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

There's no way in hell that Red MAGA will do anything meaningful about poverty unless it's for maybe the most rootin tootin shootin hogs, maybe.

Unfortunately that's also the case with Blue MAGA so there's some valid anger that may lead toward giving Red MAGA another go, because those are the perceived options. marx-doomer

[–] REgon@hexbear.net 12 points 3 weeks ago

The Dems just gotta talk more about the stock market going up

[–] DragonBallZinn@hexbear.net 11 points 3 weeks ago

smuglord: “Shouldn’t have voted in the scary blue tie! The friendly face of the red tie will stop scaring porky and he’ll just magically go against his interests!”

[–] roux@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Harris: "I will let black pothead crypto-bros cut in line at food banks. I'm totally not racist. Vote for me."

[–] MayoPete@hexbear.net 10 points 3 weeks ago

You should have opened a small business for 3 years in an opportunity zone if you wanted food, bucko maybe-later-kiddo

[–] afters@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Politics is the shittiest fucking reality show

[–] Thordros@hexbear.net 8 points 3 weeks ago

Doctors in my area recently received guidance to keep an eye out for cases of scurvy. Increasing numbers of people can't afford any fresh food at all, and are showing up to clinics with critical vitamin deficiencies.

[–] coolusername@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 weeks ago

It's 2016 all over again.