Comment on Should we create a new political party in the US, specifically for shitting on the rich?

• FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

  Well when politicians constantly use work and labour as a way to shore up support, it very quickly forgets and leaves behind those who can’t.

  “working people deserve a living wage” (does that imply non-working people don’t?)

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  • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

    This is a “black lives matter” messaging situation. Just because working people deserve a living wage doesn’t mean other people don’t.

    It’s annoying that this isn’t obvious. But I agree that it’s not.

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    • FundMECFSResearch@lemmy.blahaj.zone ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

      Not really. There isn’t a systemic problem where the lives of black people are valued more than others.

      There is a systemic problem where the lives of people unable to work through no fault of their own are valued less than those who can work.

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      • surewhynotlem@lemmy.world ⁨2⁩ ⁨weeks⁩ ago

        Good point. So it’s more akin to saying “black men’s lives matter” then. Both are oppressed groups, one more than the other, but why dice it up like that?

        I think the answer in this case is that the solutions are different. One is about improving disability and healthcare, one is about minimum wage. But they didn’t make it nearly clear enough that they would improve disability. They only focus on the minimum wage message.

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