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"concepts of a plan" :martin:



1/16
@I_Hate_Ted_Cruz
I've talked about this on here before, but as someone who lives below the poverty line, the worst part about poverty is the humiliation rituals that come with it. The lack of privacy in particular has had a profound impact on who I am as a person.

[Quoted tweet]
Dr. Oz: The uninsured “don’t have the right to health,” but should be given “a way of crawling back out of the abyss” with “15-minute physicals” provided by the government “in a festival like setting.”


https://video.twimg.com/ext_tw_video/1567550525104689158/pu/vid/888x500/b6hj0GWkGYnngyv3.mp4


2/16
@I_Hate_Ted_Cruz




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3/16
@MiekoGavia
Poor people have the least amount of PTO but are forced to take ridiculous amounts of time off to receive services. There have been several times when I had to wait 3+ hours to be seen by doctors or attend government benefit meetings, even with an appointment.



4/16
@IVoteClimate
100%. I think of WIC and how long it took them to switch from coupons to a card so people had SOME privacy using it. Still doesn't work - I saw a young dad have his transaction canceled the other day b/c he got the "wrong" juice and milk. It's all so unnecessary.



5/16
@MtShastaWriter
Yup. I'm flipping a house and ran out of money. I applied for SNAP while my house hopefully sells. I had to air all my personal information in front of a room full of people with ZERO privacy. How is that even legal?



6/16
@SecondGizmo
The replies on this... people are fully toast

[Quoted tweet]
Unfortunately for the health care system, many people like me don’t need the healthcare system anymore. While they were busy killing patients, lots of us were learning how to cure every disease including cancer. For just a few pennies. We won’t be going back to a system we don’t trust.


7/16
@CrystalDawn0109
like the question for SSI/SSDI asking you to "describe what you do in a day from the time you get up until you go to bed" um, wtf



8/16
@424gdgm2wg




9/16
@P05e1don
F A C T S



10/16
@VWEBBJR
So sorry you've had to deal with that.



11/16
@midnucas
OMG the video is much worse than the tweet already paints it



12/16
@Dopamine_Killer
People don't understand these humiliation rituals scar you for life. And also breed the worst class resentment I've seen.



13/16
@candy_all_along
I’m sorry but this is actually evil and vile behavior. Someone struggling still deserves to feel like a person, and the system is meant to keep people there. People genuinely want to see only basics for things like food stamps and I can’t imagine how someone gets so miserable in



14/16
@candy_all_along
their own lives that they think “YEAH no free handouts!” As if they’re paying for it personally. Wanting to look down on someone else that desperately must be a terrible state of mind.



15/16
@StrongholdMag
Most people have no clue what’s required to “qualify” for assistance. They truly believe you can just walk in and ask for it, and it’s yours. 🙄



16/16
@JackHates1Amend
I've literally signed up to help at these minute clinics. None of it's a humiliation ritual.




To post tweets in this format, more info here: https://www.thecoli.com/threads/tips-and-tricks-for-posting-the-coli-megathread.984734/post-52211196

"They don't have the right to health."

There you go.
 
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Polling for tarrifs must've been disastrous to make trump fold like this
Also the CEOs of the big retailers were at the White Houes yesterday explaining the impact of the tariffs on their supply chain.

He’s completely fukked up and even if he completely walks it back, our allies don’t trust us and China will likely still see it as “foot on neck” season
 

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Also the CEOs of the big retailers were at the White Houes yesterday explaining the impact of the tariffs on their supply chain.

He’s completely fukked up and even if he completely walks it back, our allies don’t trust us and China will likely still see it as “foot on neck” season
 

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only explanation other than treason is cowardice
 

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One of the biggest ironies of the Trump administration so far is that capital is one of the main checks on Trump. If Trump took over a socialist government where capital was neutered we may be even more fukked than we are now.

One could argue that capital put Trump in power and that could be true but Trump is an S tier manipulator. He could have won regardless if he had capital backing
 

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Gen Z men (and Gen Z in general) is trash. Social media has really cooked this generation and made them the most self centered/narcissistic generation outside of boomers. They are still young and the era right wing influencers will eventually fade as the consequences of authoritarianism in America becomes realized by everyone.

I honestly think it's significantly more complex than this. I pitched an idea to the Atlantic this weekend. I doubt they pick it up. I don't have the cache yet, but it's coming. Here's an excerpt of what I sent:

I’d like to propose an essay titled “The Revolution Was Televised: Generational Disillusionment and the Long Arc of American Political Cynicism.” This piece explores a recurring cycle in American political life—waves of collective idealism followed by deep disillusionment—and how that cycle helps explain current political polarization.

The central argument: America doesn’t simply suffer from political fatigue, voter apathy, or political ignorance. It suffers from a historical pattern in which dashed hopes give way to increasingly radical reactions. This framework connects Reagan’s rise and “Greed is good,” ethos after the collective social movements of the ‘60s and ‘70s, the Obama-to-Trump voter phenomenon, and the surprising conservative leanings of Gen Z.

I trace three generational arcs:

The ’60s/’70s generation (Boomers and Early Gen X): They mobilized unprecedented mass movements—civil rights, anti-war protests, feminist coalitions, and environmental activism—that fundamentally challenged America's social fabric. They achieved landmark victories (Civil Rights Act, Voting Rights Act, EPA creation, Title IX) but faced devastating setbacks: the assassinations of MLK and RFK, the violence at Kent State, the Watergate scandal that confirmed their deepest suspicions about power, and the unwavering persistence of systemic inequality despite profound legislative wins. Ultimately, they retreated into the privatized individualism of the Reagan era.

The Obama generation (Millennials): A generation who legitimately believed they would change the world once the “old guard” was removed. While they achieved the improbable, the historic election of Barack Obama, they experienced crushing systemic disappointments (2008 crash, endless wars, persistent and increasing inequality). Unlike their parents, many sought rupture rather than retreat, turning to figures like Trump not solely out of ideological alignment but a desire to “break the system.”

Today’s emerging youth (Gen Z): The offspring of parents who were convinced they would be the ones to change the world—as a result—they never passed on ideals about collective unity to their children, en masse. Instead, Gen Z was raised in a world of crisis, collapse, and cultural burnout. Where millennials inherited embers of the hope that once flourished within their parents, Gen Z inherited utter disillusionment. They inherited exhaustion—and a desire for order. In turn, many have embraced rigid gender roles, traditionalism, and nationalism. Consequently, many do not want to dismantle the system. They want to restore an imagined past.

The piece incorporates cultural touchstones—from Mayer’s Waiting on the World to Change to Lamar’s Alright to Gambino’s This Is America—to illustrate how public emotion has moved from hopeful to defiant to exhausted. The analysis engages with theoretical work by Gramsci (interregnum), Lauren Berlant (cruel optimism), Wendy Brown (neoliberal hollowing), and generational sociology.

Ultimately, this essay offers a new lens through which to understand America’s political mood not as a sudden rupture, but the logical outcome of deferred transformation and emotional exhaustion.
 
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