Hand on Heart

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Care deeply about #Gaia and her creatures. Currently despairing, but want to believe in a better world.
#Words #CreativeWriting #Poetry, #Music #Nature #Kink #Solarpunk #Anarchism #Socialism #SlavaUkraini #FreePalestine #FuckFascism #Degoogling
Fell through every crack until landing with #Burnout #LateDiagnosis #ChronicIllness #CPTSD #CFSME and now, what joy, our late stage capitalism is finally in fruition.
Would love to connect over a nice wall of text with those who can relate.

#Nobot

Pronouns etcShe/her, (ciswoman-ish)
Vintage80's
NeurotypeAudhd
StatusInert

In 1950, median INDIVIDUAL income was $1,971. A median home cost $7,354. The nation spent about $83 per person for healthcare. A four-year college degree cost $852.

Do the math. 3.73 years of work to buy a house. One week of work for healthcare. Less than two months for a college degree.

In 2023, median personal income was $42,220. A median home costs $429,000. Healthcare runs $14,570 per person per year. A four-year degree costs nearly $40,000.

10.16 years of work to buy a house. Twelve weeks of work for healthcare. More than ten months for college.

https://www.americasundoing.com/p/it-works-if-you-work-it

#workingclass #classwar #poverty #wealthgap #capitalism #inflation

#PseudoScience (phrenology) and Hate Called the #Irish "Inferior"

Hate, evil propoganda, and pseudoscience. Then as now = Evil stupidity!!!

FYI: Many of these knuckle dragging #whitesupremacists in the 21st century actually believe in ...wait for it... #phrenology 🤮

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=iesB_QlKWus&pp=ugUEEgJlbg%3D%3D

When Science Called the Irish "Inferior"

YouTube
The BBC edit no one will resign over

Failure to air footage of Israeli soldiers executing unarmed Palestinians shows the corporation’s true bias

Declassified UK
From the look on her face, apparently the answer is yes.
"The society that separates its scholars from its warriors will have its thinking done by cowards and its fighting done by fools."
Thucydides 5th century BCE
Modernity is a conspiracy to replace 'thick' desires (community, craft, transcendence) with 'thin' desires (likes, sugar, dopamine). Revolt by doing something slow. Bake bread. Write a letter. Code a tool for just one person.

I have to say that I am loving the (almost non-existent) character limit at beige.party. Now I can ramble to my heart's content  

I feel so freeeeee    

1 year ago: UnitedHealth CEO was allegedly killed by Luigi Mangione. While corporate media fixated on sensational details, few asked: How many preventable deaths occurred this year due to such companies?

68,000.

I propose we stop calling them “health insurance companies” and call them what they are--Health Exploitation Limited Liability Corporations. HELL Corporations.

Read my post on Ghost and consider becoming a free or paid subscriber to support my advocacy: https://lets-address-this-with-qasim-rashid.ghost.io/americas-hell-corporations/

America's HELL Corporations

One year after the killing of UnitedHealth CEO Brian Thompson, healthcare in America is at an even worse crossroads One year ago today, on December 4, the UnitedHealth CEO was allegedly killed by Luigi Mangione. Corporate media has focused heavily on the sensational details of this case. But in my

Let's Address This with Qasim Rashid