Is Fox news unironically the best place to learn about your new favorite social dem?

  • Trainguyrom@reddthat.com
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    4 days ago

    I’ve said it before, and I’ll keep saying it. I wish every democrat was as much of an insane leftwing socialist as republicans make them out to be

  • selkiesidhe@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    5 days ago

    What’s funny is the MAGAts that live there will HAPPILY take those things… But then still badmouth the shit out of the man who made it possible.

  • Ledericas@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    edit-2
    5 days ago

    He’s the new Boogeyman, because he has a Muslim name. Much like with obama. And memhet oz whitewashed his name and skin

      • beveradb@sh.itjust.works
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        5 days ago

        I’m from Scotland and here, every time a pregnant person is registered with the NHS (we have universal free healthcare, which is normal in Europe, so this is pretty much every pregnant person), they’re automatically enrolled for a baby box to be mailed to their home a couple of weeks before the baby’s due date.

        The baby box includes a ton of stuff designed to help parents take care of a baby in their first few years, including the box itself doubling as a cot. Loads more details here, it’s been super well received since they introduced it 10 years ago ish: https://www.scotland.org/live-in-scotland/progressive-scotland/baby-box

        • Snowclone@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          5 days ago

          CA also does this. they give you a lot of baby supplies as you leave the hospital with the baby the first time, it’s super helpful.

          • beveradb@sh.itjust.works
            link
            fedilink
            arrow-up
            0
            ·
            5 days ago

            Good to know, everywhere should do it!

            I’m guessing even in California you have to pay for it though?

            In Scotland, doctors offices and hospitals don’t even have cash registers cos money is not something the citizens ever have to think about when it comes to healthcare, I feel sorry for anyone who has to exist in the US where money and healthcare are tied together

  • JackbyDev@programming.dev
    link
    fedilink
    English
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    5 days ago

    The right: Birth rates are declining!

    The right when they see no cost child care brought up: Socialism bad!

    • rhadamanth_nemes@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      5 days ago

      I believe that this is part of the Christian dogmatic pipeline. If you require social services, check your closest church. And of course you will need to be a member in good standing to keep access… Etc

      • Snowclone@lemmy.world
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        5 days ago

        My former religion used to do this a lot. to the point people I didn’t know who heard I was one of them, would ask about these kinds of services. The church doesn’t do any of it anymore. they stopped all their charity efforts of this kind as it doesn’t line up with American Republican values, and those are clearly more important than shit Jesus said. reading any manuals, teaching plans, and so forth that the church puts out makes this abundantly clear. Used to be Mormon. Finally gave up with the anti-lbgtq bullshit and the church hording tithes. literally against the dogma and doctrines of the church. 100%. They still teach in Sunday school for kids that tithes stay local and help people in need Mormon or not. it’s a full on lie at this point. Other than child abuse lawsuits I’m not sure the church spends money on anything.

        • SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          edit-2
          5 days ago

          Hey man, after my local church finished paying off their pastors mortgage they used the last of the money to host a bake sale!

          You people are ungrateful commies

      • frezik@midwest.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        5 days ago

        It’s also convenient that churches tend to be de facto segregated by race. We’re not racist, we just setup institutions that happen to work in racist ways.

      • frezik@midwest.social
        link
        fedilink
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        5 days ago

        It’s also convenient that churches tend to be de facto segregated by race. We’re not racist, we just setup institutions that happen to work in racist ways.

  • jsomae@lemmy.ml
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    0
    ·
    5 days ago

    USD$30 is a pretty good minimum wage. That’s almost twice as much as I made at my first full-time job.

    • Snowclone@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      edit-2
      5 days ago

      what year, and how much exactly per hr. I would love to point out how inflation works to you. the average worker in the 50s at an entry level, no high school diploma required job, was making A LOT MORE than you’d guess after factoring in inflation.

        • Snowclone@lemmy.world
          link
          fedilink
          arrow-up
          0
          ·
          edit-2
          12 hours ago

          in 2015 that’s $18.73 in US dollars, with inflation $24.92. So there’s not much to unwrap there except that the “current value” is never matching our current year, as these things have to be a few years old to have reliable stats to calculate. to inform my previous statement though, the entry level jobs at GM in 1955 required no diploma and were $2/hr with benefits. in 2025 dollars that’s $23.99. The average entry level pay in the US right now is $16/hr and typically without benefits. A lot of people who grew up on the $2/hr income think we are getting it FAR TOO GOOD, when that’s simply not the case.

    • Ledericas@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      5 days ago

      Or gets stringed along by the state at the behest of the billionaires, much like they did with Luigi, and gave trump so much leeway in his trials

    • Phoenicianpirate@lemm.ee
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      5 days ago

      I am pretty sure whoever really Luigied Brian Thompson will Luigi any conspirators.

      But in all seriousness, he needs a major security detail at all times, and he needs to be pragmatic about public appearances.

      • Ledericas@lemm.ee
        link
        fedilink
        English
        arrow-up
        0
        ·
        5 days ago

        Everyone knows hemesley and witty conspired against him. In reality UHC was actually be investigated for insider trading, and he would be a weak point that can bring them all down.

    • matlag@sh.itjust.works
      cake
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      5 days ago

      He won’t. But an insane amount of money is going to be poured on a smearing campaign and support of an independent candidate, because to ultra-wealthy dems donors, better a Republican than a socialist.

    • JackbyDev@programming.dev
      link
      fedilink
      English
      arrow-up
      0
      ·
      5 days ago

      I bet it won’t happen, or at least not until 2030. A perpetual “this person won’t vanish” is really difficult to say with confidence.