Yes.

They don't ignore them, though. They send thoughts and prayers.

Guess a jacket would be too small for some. More like a cape. 4 mtrs long

I will use this!

A society where houses are left empty and good food is thrown out just because it can't generate profit is a failed society.

That last line is a zinger 😂

Amerians need to do what the French would do. Riot, behead some rich people and then learn to make good cheese, bread and chocolate.

This hits way too hard!!

You just described the U.S. government in a nutshell.

Pretty sure they did this in Melbourne Australia in a suburb and the local council came and cut all the trees down.

I worked in a building that had rows of orange trees out front, and the fruit was free for the taking. The problem is that oranges develop their orange color long before they are ripe. People would try to eat them, find out they were sour and just dump them on the ground. Some people would come inside to complain about the taste, especially if their kid ate one. I tried to lobby for the facilities management people to put up a sign explaining that the oranges weren't ripe yet, but it got nowhere. So, to this day, there is a sidewalk full of wasted fruit and people to complain about it.

I have thought about this like a million times! I'm going to get involved and make this happen. Fire!

Riverside, California. Citrus trees everywhere. Harvest is in November/December for the oranges and grapefruit, and there's lemons, limes, and a bunch of others all year.

Fun fact: hunting/gathering on land you do not own/ do not have permission for is considered poaching and can lead to considerable fines. Eating berries in the woods? Poaching. Picking fruit from your neighbour's tree? Poaching. Of course the Dutch authorities are lenient with enforcing the berries in the woods thing, provided people do not go overboard.

Vegas has amazingly beautiful citrus trees in their parks, all over the place are these palm trees, and yet the citrus are poisonous, and the palms introduced a dangerous scorpion species and lizards. And both use the most water of any tree. They are putting TROpICAL s**t in a DESERT! Not to forget the GIANT Private golf courses. And they wonder why Lake Mead which feeds 3 states, is losing 10 feet a year.

The community center right up the hill from my house planted a huge veggie garden in the park for people to take a few if they needed it. My dad immediately complained about "Mexicans stealing food".

SHOUT IT FROM THE MOUNTAINTOP!!!

This was in '21. Rent is just about impossible now 3 yrs later

If I was faced with living in a box under a bridge with no food or basic amenities, I'd seriously consider stealing and wouldn't give a damn about getting caught. Most first world prisons offer food and shelter, at the very least.

"And the long answer is just the short answer, repeated a thousand times."

It's anti-choice

A politician in Australia committed treason during last term of Government and didn't get so much as a fine and their identity is protected... climate protesters get 5+ years in jail.

Trump has his followers believing there are thousands of immigrant rapists and murderers coming into the country so that we all need to live in permanent fear and get a gun for protection. The only fear I have is that an angry white man with a gun will take out his frustration on random people.

The planet is boiling alive because we cut down trees to build homes, businesses, and parking lots and NEVER PLANT MORE! Plant trees, grass, and other plants and you'll make the world cooler, return its beauty, and help the delicate lifecycle of the world. It's not difficult, but it's not being done.

House GOP leaders were among the 192 Republicans who voted against providing $28 million in aid to the Food and D**g Administration to address the shortage of baby formula — within days of criticizing President Biden for not doing enough on the issue. (Source - Washington Post).

Can you (and some friends) get a gun and steal from a wheelchair factory? Seems faster and easier to me.

Yes!!

Employ 'retired people' to converse with kids, watch what happens. It's a personal goal of mine when I'm financially independent.

The audacity of that dentist

...and many more millionaires would have experience of what it means to work in the service industry (let alone work hard).

This is also why religions want you to have a big family. If you are poor and struggling to survive you don't have time to question authority.

OOOooor a third option: Why not both at the same time

And people still believe that there is any overlap between capitalism and freedom...

Absolutely.

Both parties are bought and paid for....Bernie was "too far out there." It scared them

I'm going to get downvoted to s**t. You may be able to afford the mortgage, but by the time you figure in insurance on the house a year, property taxes, maintenance, and all your monthly expenses like car payments, utilities, and food, it's going to get expensive if you don't have the yearly income to support all of this. That is what the bank is taking into account. Don't forget about having to buy new appliances when the others take a s**t, new roof and A/C. I don't know what I'm going to do when I need a new roof as they have doubled or tripled in price. It's just constant stress with all the upkeep. If you can comfortably afford an apartment, stay there.

Wait this isn't satire? Whoa, that's f****d up.

Little wonder there is so much medical tourism.

Don't forget Thanos. He was also right.

the enemy is who decides what police do

I can now put the $38 monthly student loan payment towards my $440 medications.

But, but, but the market needs to regulate itself! Everything else is communism! /s

At least sportsmen, while horribly overpaid, still have to put some effort into their source of income. The real problem are those who make 100x as much money without lifting a finger.

This may not be a popular opinion, but one of the biggest reasons tuition is unaffordable is because Congress initiated government guaranteed student loans so "everyone can go to college." Now the colleges can charge whatever they want because they know they'll get their money. Before that, someone who wasn't from a rich family COULD pay their own way by working while going to classes.

This! I don't care about historical monuments and old paintings or statues. I'm not outraged that someone spray paints a building or throws can of soup on Mona Lisa. I'm pissed people cant afford basic necessities while the top 5% are burning the planet alive.

If there is any real danger, cops won't be there. If they are, they are the dangerous ones.

I worked for a corp that capped pay increases, causing people to be ineligible for some promotions. It became routine to quit, then be "rehired" for the better job a few days later.

70 years old and I now realize the forces maintaining capitalistic predatory authoritarianism is much more organized and powerful than the forces of compassion. Republicans only want to destroy any government agencies that protect the average person from the predatory rich. But when Democrats got any kind of power, they failed to use it much for the good of the people. We really could use a multi party system to have more choices.

And affordable health care, and affordable higher education.

We can't. The idea of saving money is actually my biggest dream.

Hypocrisy, thy name is Republican. Protect the fetus, scr*w the post-born child.

As if they could afford to make any savings....