Fuck me right in the feels

Chattel slavery in the US was absolutely enormously beneficial to a tiny sliver of uppercrust slaveholding assholes who got rich on the backs of their exploited human “property”. Fuck yes it was beneficial to these assholes. There’s an argument to be made that this is a big part of the reason why chattel slavery in the US lasted as long as it did – because it made (some people) a lot of money either directly by owning a plantation or indirectly by buying the cheap textiles and other good that came from those plantations

Why the fuck am I even bothering writing this to some rando on the internet

Actually it’s white

Ah yes, Campaigns Inc. Fuck Clem Whitaker and Leon Baxter with a long rusty spoon.

Why isn’t it called “public healthcare” and “private healthcare”? Alternatively, why isn’t it called “government-run healthcare” and “corporate-run healthcare”?

Why does it have to be “private healthcare” and “government-run healthcare”?

TIL that social security earnings are taxed. Unbelievable

I was homeschooled and like to think I am only half a shitshow, whilst unapologetically and enthusiastically supporting Harris and Walz.

*Important context, my entire immediate and extended family is far-right, including my mother who did said homeschooling. She and my brother were at Jan 6th and, I suspect, were in the Capitol. Though I have not found them on any videos.

I don’t get it

Did he say something about couches?

I’m stupid

They don’t care if kids die, they care if sex and reproduction happen in a way they don’t like

On the other other hand, gas car makers have regulators by the ballsack. So we’ve got that going for us which is nice

Wait what’s up with the 88 thing