And it's barely a blip on Reddit and no where on the front page; we've passed the Weimar Republic threshold.
Decades from now people will be wondering how this could possibly happen in a democracy and the people committing it rn still don't believe that they're doing it
More like supplanted one form of fascism with a softer, gentler kind of fascism.
it's just their drip; they're lowkey cringe irl. lol
Considering how one party is hellbent on getting rid of social security and the other party just shrugs and let's them get what they want; id expect the shrugging party to be left holding to bag and suffer the political consequences once the cut hits with nothing happening
i want to live like you; what evidence to you use to shore up this viewpoint?
SSI isn’t set to run out. It will have to be reduced if they don’t take the income cap off of it, however.
that's as realistic as single payer healthcare; or universal basic income; or sensible gun control legislation; or abolishing the electoral college, they all have super majority support of everyone in this country but there's too much monied political interest against ever allowing it happen.
it's not the fediverse that's cause for concern and the shared sentiment about democrats is a symptom of our system's decline; not the cause of it.