>Food stamps exist not out of genuine compassion for the poor, but because those in power know very well what happens when starvation becomes too widespread.
someone needs to cc that memo to the right wing American Oligarchs.
someone needs to cc that memo to the right wing American Oligarchs.
Hearts and minds, people.
And on the other side of the coin, we have a legion of well-fed, opinionated individuals who, from the comforts of their warm home, tell the poor: "You can not help yourself, only we can help you, using the state. Don't mind me and how I got here, that's irrelevant, what's relevant is that WE are the only ones that can help you!" - With the implied assumption that the poor are pathetic and can't help themselves.