• UlyssesT [he/him]@hexbear.net
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    17 days ago

    Steinbeck wrote about homeless camps being destroyed under pretense of “disease can spread in those, we’re so concerned about the poors.”

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      They can spend millions on contractors to create surveillance software but its Communism if you build affordable/free housing and give people free healthcare. Utterly bizarre SV government logic. Don’t worry bro, tech will fix it.

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        17 days ago

        I think a lot of liberals are so utterly domesticated by capitalism that they instinctually see any suggestion to improve society somewhat as dangerous.