Hofmaimaier

correctly

https://feddit.org/post/26921281

Mar 10 at 8:47pmWeb
Show threadbeelzebumMar 10
this is not humor
Show threadHofmaimaierMar 10
It’s called sarcasm…
Show threadShinkanTrainMar 10
Show threadbitjunkieMar 10
M. Night: also, it’s your fucking money
Show threadThatGuy46475Mar 10
A billion dollars gives us a few bucks per person.
Show threadHofmaimaierMar 10
So rather killing other people with these dollars?
Show threadpanda_abyssMar 10
The pentagon spent 93 billion on crab legs and furniture. 
Show threadWalrusDragonOnABike [they/them]Mar 10
I’ll take $3/day gladly. And there are lots of people who could use that a lot more than me.
Show threadtacosanonymousMar 11
And if it was only that, I’d be okay with someone who needed it more getting my share.
Show threadSkyeStarfallMar 11
I’m not American, but that’s like a good 7.5% of my monthly expenses. That’s significant
Show threadAlleroMar 11
Over 10% of my income, too
Show threadchonglibloodsportMar 11
If they gave everyone $3/day, the price of necessities like food would go up accordingly.
Show threadmarcosMar 10

$500, isn’t it? Or my math is wrong?

How many people in the US make $500 a day? (~180k an year)

Show threadNaichMar 10
A few bucks per person would be better than spending it blowing up schools and killing children. If they just took the billion dollars and burnt it, it would be better for everyone overall, never mind spending it on public services or things that would directly help people.
Show threadZephorahMar 10
Hey, any amount of gas money helps.
Show threadJaxMar 10
It could literally be used on anything else and it would be better than what it’s being used on currently. We could burn the cash and gain more use from the ashes.
Show threadsaltescMar 10
Every US citizen is a starving renter with health fragility?
Show threadSCmSTRMar 11

Every person. A few bucks. Each day. If you only gave to those who need, that would be more than a few.

In fact, it might put back the money that has driven that exact percentage of people into poverty in the first place, like a missing puzzle piece.

Show threadplythMar 10

… They just noticed you don’t enlist if you have better options.

Show threadworkerONEMar 11
There’s just not enough money for everyone to get bombs.
Show threadStinkyFingerItchyBumMar 11
I challenge this assumption. Nuclear alone could end humanity and megafauna for millions of years until something new evolves from extremophiles.
Show threadentropicdriftMar 11
I thought they meant it in a cheeky way, like in a “only the military is allowed to have bombs because they didn’t bring enough for the whole class” kinda sense.
Show threadStinkyFingerItchyBumMar 11
Me too. My post is what we in the business call an anti-joke vibe killer. Bit of a truth based pimp slap.
Show threadminorkeysMar 11
Because you have to actually do something to make the government spend it on you. You can’t just sit behind a screen and type angrily. You have to personally show up and engage politically, economically and culturally to force the power structure to world for you. Bernie is right there trying to sit hat for you and Americans refused him.
Show threadhectorMar 11
Yes and no. Engaging won’t do shit. We need to organize into unions, separate from work, to cooperate on what we agree on, left and right, as defined currently from inside the colon of the oligarchy. We need to go straight back into the sun, then get our bearings. Reject labels, organize.
Show threadminorkeysMar 11
Yes it does do shit, relative to how good you get at doing it. The impact is real. Sure groups of people will be needed to get significant changes but every single person thinking their participation doesn’t do anything is why everyone stays disengaged. Show up even if others don’t, until others do. Getting people to engage is also worth of engaging.
Show threadWorldsDumbestManMar 11
3 free dollars for everyone, thrown to blow up a handful of people elsewhere.
Show threadSCmSTRMar 11
SPEND IT OR LOSE IT AMIRITE
Show threadTwongo [she/her]Mar 11
one fired AA gun salvo costs as roughly much as rebuilding a school or hiring 5 teachers for a year :)