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• nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

  Saving what?

  Anything you can. Rice and beans.

  How do you do that in a small apartment?

  In small planters I guess.

  You know shit about me Squid, I grew up dirt poor in the ozarks. Don’t lecture me about poverty while you flee the country. Wtf are you gonna do when the SS comes knocking on your door? Buy a plane ticket? You’re poking a lot of holes but I don’t see any action plans from your safe haven in England, just a lot of flak for people with skin in the game.

  Ya’ll acting like you can discuss your way out of a camp are playing with your own lives (and those of your families). Maybe you don’t have anything at risk, that’s great disregard what I’m saying. But if you’re a trans/queer/non-Christian “other” maybe it’s a good time to look into protecting your and yours.

  Or you can listen to the… idk, are they supposed solutions? And ignore what’s happening in our country and get some protection before they decide you have a mental illness and aren’t allowed to have one.

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  • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

    I didn’t lecture you about anything, but if you grew up “dirt poor,” like you claim you did, then I would think that you would understand that people in poverty do not have anything to save.

    Also, the idea that you could feed yourself and your kids with what you grow in small planters in an apartment (before they kick you out for not paying rent because you lost your job due to being out protesting) is not how the universe works.

    I assume you are now going to make the suggestion I saw someone make the other day and let their kids eat out of dumpsters.

    Also, I am sorry, but this is fucking stupid:

    Or you can listen to the… idk, are they supposed solutions? And ignore what’s happening in our country and get some protection before they decide you have a mental illness and aren’t allowed to have one.

    You do not automatically come up with good solutions which are beyond criticism and people who criticize them aren’t people who are just ignoring things.

    Sorry, you’re not a god.

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    • nomy@lemmy.zip ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

      My dirt poor aunt has a closet full of canned goods, she saves her excess.

      Do you think Trump is a risk? You fled for that very reason right? Would you have suggested Jews disarm in the run up to the Holocaust? Not all of us have the resources to flee dude, despite your implication that I have some sort of wealth, which is rich coming from someone who legitimately was able to relocate.

      You do not automatically come up with good solutions which are beyond criticism and people who criticize them aren’t people who are just ignoring things.

      The only criticism I saw was “no that won’t work!” from someone who’s already ensured his safety. I’m all for sharing ideas if you have any Squid but maybe all you have to contribute is “no!” maybe you could lurk more and let the people facing the risk face it.

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      • FlyingSquid@lemmy.world ⁨5⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago

        from someone who’s already ensured his safety

        And there it is- “you ran away like a coward.”

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