DeSantis is a dumbass

Corporate America greed, writ large.

[ID: tweet thread by Jimmy Cuff It @BostonJerry: Everything in the economy now, price gouging on groceries, private equity buying up homes, Fed raising rates to increase unemployment, tech layoffs…it’s all backlash to those first 6 months of the pandemic when we all saw that the world won’t just end if people stop going to work.

Nothing in my lifetime ever scared Big Business more than when millions of retail/low wage workers on pandemic unemployment were getting $600/week. Not the 2008 crash, not 9/11, nothing. The backlash to that $600 and what it meant about how our society really works is ENORMOUS.

Everything since about September 2020 has been about making sure workers know that even thought the government/big business clearly *could* help people get by, they won’t. They even let the tax credit that cut child poverty IN HALF expire because they didn’t want workers to start counting on it.

Workers had some bargaining power, wages started to grow for the first time in decades, and what did corporations do? Raise prices for food/housing/utilities and other necessities so much that wage gains were completely wiped out by “inflation.”

Then once “inflation” took hold from all the price gouging, the Fed raised rates and ADMITTED that their goal was for people to lose their jobs. That way workers wouldn’t have so much power and would have to accept lower wages from corporations that are raking in record profits. End ID.]

This tweet thread so succinctly summarizes everything I've been screaming at every headline that assaults me with its bullshit in recent days.

Ask this question every day. Get everyone on record:

Why are some lives worth millions to save? Why are some lives worthless?

From the point of view of the government, explain it to me nice and slow.

Despite the fact that 1/4 of the world’s population is Muslim, Muslims make up only 1.6% of speaking roles in western film and media - and 92.7% of those Muslim characters were either victims of violence or perpetrators of violence.

It shouldn’t be a question as to why Islamophobia and violent hate crimes are so prevalent in our society when more than 90% of our portrayals in media are violent, linked to terrorism, or in need of a white savior.

The statistics are disgusting.

Riz Ahmed has pointed out before that we all have a responsibility to portray Muslims in our media, even in fandom. He’s mentioned that storytellers, not just the corporate ones, but us in fandom spaces, can help combat racism and islamophobia by making a commitment to diversifying our content and portraying marginalized communities in a positive light!!

YOU can help!

I’m so excited for his initiative, and I hope it helps on the corporate end of things - but in the meantime, we as a fandom need to take steps to do the same instead of waiting around for a bunch of old white men to decide real Muslim stories are worth telling.

Despite the fact that 1/4 of the world’s population is Muslim, Muslims make up only 1.6% of speaking roles in western film and media - and 92.7% of those Muslim characters were either victims of violence or perpetrators of violence.

It shouldn’t be a question as to why Islamophobia and violent hate crimes are so prevalent in our society when more than 90% of our portrayals in media are violent, linked to terrorism, or in need of a white savior.

The statistics are disgusting.

Riz Ahmed has pointed out before that we all have a responsibility to portray Muslims in our media, even in fandom. He’s mentioned that storytellers, not just the corporate ones, but us in fandom spaces, can help combat racism and islamophobia by making a commitment to diversifying our content and portraying marginalized communities in a positive light!!

YOU can help!

I’m so excited for his initiative, and I hope it helps on the corporate end of things - but in the meantime, we as a fandom need to take steps to do the same instead of waiting around for a bunch of old white men to decide real Muslim stories are worth telling.

Reblog to make a white gay big mad

Reblog to make black queer people feel visible and supported (and also to make a white gay big mad)

And the real version of the story doesn't justify the magical version of the story.

change does not come from a place of comfort

The objective of all conservative policy/rhetoric is for [white] men to inflict trauma on others.

Conservative demand the overreaching power and none of the consequences.

That's why you never vote for Conservatives.

When you show this to their supporters, they are likely to respond with defences that these grifters are worth every penny. 

I have zero respect for anyone who takes advantage of vulnerable people. And yes, whatever mental process makes anyone think it’s a good idea to give these people their money counts as a vulnerability. 

Related: My article on OnlySky about the Christian rich.