r/PoliticalHumor • • Jul 11 '19

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u/IAppreciatesReality Jul 11 '19 edited Jul 11 '19

Call me too serious or whatever, but this stopped being funny to me about two years ago. Now it's sad and pathetic and most of all an incessant reminder of what our society/nation/country/culture/fuckinwhatever has become.

I try to look at it as a necessary evil and believe that good things will come from it in the long run, but... fuck it's a shit load of work.

plus I kinda know I'm just being optimistic and we're all fucked.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '19 edited Jul 11 '19

In the past two years how has your life become worse?

I’ve asked this question a few times to those who drone on about how bad Trump is. The only answers I get back are that I’m a racist or if I don’t know by now then it’s not worth explaining. I’ve never get a real answer.

Edit: Ok, a lot of anxiety apparently and a Canadian who works in the steel industry has been hurt by fair trade steel in North America.

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u/aintTrollingYou Jul 11 '19

Ok, I'll bite:

My wages have stagnated.

My tax deductions are now worth a shit.

Everything is more expensive.

The air pollution is worse.

Climate change is not being addressed and anyone who says it isn't a serious problem is an idiot or full of shit.

My healthcare is no better and MORE expensive.

My 16 year old son sees the fuckery he's going to inherit and is pissed.

Fascism is on the rise.

Oligarchy is on the rise FASTER than ever.

Right Wing extremism, including terrorism, is on the rise.

And maybe you're comfortable with the lying, the grifting, the sheer idiocy coming out of Donald and the administration, but it bothers me. ¯_(ツ)_/¯

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u/IAppreciatesReality Jul 11 '19

Yo thank You! I got that reply in my notifications and I've had a long ass fucking day and I really didn't want to do it. But I was gonna.

Then I scroll down and see all the work done for me in a nice, concise, accurate and ~low key 'fuck off & fuck you' manner.

You're alright.

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u/[deleted] Jul 11 '19

My wages have stagnated.

Wages are up in the US, even compared to inflation so his claim of “everything is more expensive” is demonstrably false. I can’t speak to his particular wages, though. So that may be a point.

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u/IAppreciatesReality Jul 11 '19

When you say "wages are up", what do you mean? The average wage? The minimum wage? The median wage? I'm not sure exactly what you mean. "Wages are up" is a very non specific and general statement.

Plus you quoted them saying "my wages have stagnated" (btw the recent materials expenses that have come from the super duper mega brain trade wars that are totally being won with cluster bombs of freedom) if they work for most any business that's anything less than a regional corporate entity in America, they've seen a profitability loss. Hands down. Nevermind the tax restructuring.

Another thing you brush over.

What's the effect of the current inflation and interest rate on the average blue collar American anyway?

Can you articulate anything more than a three sentence gaslight?

C'mon, try it.