Peter GleickMar 30, 2025
I paid into social security my entire working life. I'm now receiving modest monthly benefits (on which, by the way, I pay taxes).
For the Republicans to threaten this and weaken or cripple #socialsecurity is an egregious assault on all Americans, including the 73 million now receiving benefits.
Show threadNonya BidnissMar 30, 2025
@petergleick After the Musk rats break the Social Security system a lot of ignorant Trump voters are going to be surprised when their parents have to move in with them or become homeless. I guess then they can decide if the racism, misogyny, oligarchy, and Putin-fawning was worth it.
Show threadMiles Offit... 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Mar 30, 2025
@Nonya_Bidniss @petergleick I think the reason this won't help the nation in the medium/long term is that those voters will never make the connection between those things, and will always be available for digital grievance farming 2.0, 3.0, etc.
Show threadNonya Bidniss
@dcdeejay And the assumption is we will have lawful elections in the future and not some mock process. If we do, even if most of the Trump voters stay in the cult, many of those who didn't bother to vote may get energized and swing the balance in favor of whoever challenges Trump/Trumpist candidate next time. Inevitably, some number of people WILL learn a lesson. @petergleick
Mar 30, 2025 at 3:05pmWeb
Show threadMiles Offit... 🇨🇦🇪🇺🇺🇦Mar 30, 2025
@Nonya_Bidniss @petergleick Maybe, and I hope you're right. But I suspect one of the things the enemies of democracy plan to do with the theft of all that personal information & seizing control of payment systems is to ensure that their people are spared the worst of the harm, kept onside via microtargeting, and therefore won't abandon them in the numbers required for change.