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[–][deleted] 22 insightful - 1 fun22 insightful - 0 fun23 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

From the US. I feel like a political orphan, and I have zero trust in the left. I’m a female and therefor “cool to hate” by both sides. The left will sell out to whomever dishes more money out for campaigns— even to people who want to normalize pedophilia (that’s the way this train is heading). They don’t care about women; period. Tons of women are victims of domestic violence and are trapped with more burdensome domestic chores than ever; and no political figures give a shit. They’re more concerned with the well being and fee fees of rich techie perverts who shell out the dough. They’re out of touch and equally as hateful as the religious fundies. They’ll stand by and watch as women get cancelled and bullied by dudebros in makeup. It’s such a joke. I could see them making abortion and BC illegal so dudebros can buy unwanted babies from adoption agencies. That’s how dystopian this will become.

[–]JoeDzhugashvili[S] 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Imo the Left is when you are an anticapitalist, in US politics Leftism is when you just don’t violently hate the poor. The dems sell everything out because they solely work for the wealthy and they that’s pretty much just how the party functions. The actual anticapitalist left can’t see through it because they’re too high on the ideal of the Civil Rights era and wanna be on the right side of history instead of taking an emotionless, materialist lens to the issue.

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I don't get the trans support, because if you are an American trans person-- you probably have to have some access to serious money. While there are some states that cover all of these treatments via their medicaid, and some insurance companies that may cover part of the cost, it all "costs money" in the end. While a college campus might cover the treatments, that will all end once you leave college... then you have to pay off some serious student loans. (Off topic: I often wonder how many young people are using student loan money to fund their transition, as I believe some people have the funds directly deposited into their bank accounts, and no one checks to see what they're purchasing).

A poor person barely making ends meet can't even consider getting a decent hair cut, let alone worry about plastic surgery and non-essential hormone treatments. You should see my hair-- sheesh.