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Bo Thompson@gaudipern.bsky.social |
I have been homeless. In the sweltering days and frigid nights, with a stomach that did not growl but howled, there was never a time I was offered food, water, or shelter and said "No thanks, it doesn't satisfy unless I earn it." People do not keep score with necessities. Survival is not a game.
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Dune (1987) ~crop top appreciator~
@nofunoverlord.top
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at this point in my life, I can do one of two things continue to receive a "handout" and live a dignified life or do undignified things to get the money I need to live a mediocre life.
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Ned Flanders Fields
@duidefensela.bsky.social
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Starmers right in the sense that the government steals peoples dignity in the process of accessing aid. In the words of The Clash, You have the right to food money Providing of course you Don't mind a little Investigation, humiliation And if you cross your fingers Rehabilitation. Know Your Rights
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@hapchem.bsky.social
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Isn't welfare designed to be denigrating? The stated theory was to make it distasteful enough that people would get out ASAP, but after many years the denigration appears not to work as "designed", lending credence to the idea that the cruelty is the point of the design and not a byproduct.
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mayonnaise boy
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Ah yes Mr Starmer, much more "dignified" to starve to death in a fucking ditch, you absolute ghoul The way that posh Brits sneer at the lower classes always turns my stomach. They're so fucking gross
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JenTheTracy
@jenthetracy.bsky.social
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Next to billionaires and royalty on the cover. They think those people "earned" their money?
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Tony Sladky
@unitedshoes.bsky.social
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"Government giving people money is bad." ~ guy who is paid by the government (I assume. I don't know how UK politics work. I assume he's currently in Parliament and that they receive a salary just like members of Congress in the US)
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New Leaf
@newleaf.bsky.social
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Maybe it isn't the person receiving but the person "handing out" who needs to do some deep soul-searching. Anytime I've given anything to someone asking for money or food I've not centered myself in the interaction. I'm not the hungry person wondering where they'll sleep. I don't "hand out" I give.
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