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[–] 219 points 3 years ago (49 children)

Fuck this bible thumpin reactionary hillbilly dork.

"But he goes after both sides!"

No, He punches down on poor people. Fuck off with that.

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    [–] 110 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    I feel like I should be happy to not recognize this person.

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    [–] 96 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    honestly I'm still shocked people are buying into Reagan's welfare queen nonsense 40+ fucking years later

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  • [–] 62 points 3 years ago (5 children)

    Step 1 to believing welfare queen nonsense: Be racist and imagine said queen as being black

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    [–] 71 points 3 years ago (18 children)

    This song does such a good job with communicating the conservaive trinity:

    • persecution complex
    • mad about things they themselves voted for
    • mad that the other is getting something, which is obviously undeserved
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    [–] 62 points 3 years ago (7 children)

    That's because a lot of Americans are under the impression that poor people are poor because they're lazy, and not because they're victims of oppression. They even cling to this absurd belief when they themselves are the victims of similar oppression. Must be lead in the water or something…

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  • [–] 37 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I've lived in very poor, rural, white American places, and it's unironically all about skin color.

    White and poor? It's because the Democrats illegally steal your money with taxes, and any welfare is just you getting back less than you deserve.

    Black and poor? It's because you're bad, and any welfare is the Democrats buying your vote and supporting you destroying the country with your violence.

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    [–] 51 points 3 years ago (2 children)

    Image Transcription:

    Picture of Oliver Anthony singing with the caption above: "When the government gives more of your tax money to corporations but you're mad someone used EBT to buy snacks"

    [I am a human, if I've made a mistake please message and let me know. Please consider providing alt-text for images for ease of use. Thank you. 💜]

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    [–] 51 points 3 years ago (13 children)

    He's a Jewish conspiracy level Nazi.

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    [–] 44 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I was at guitar center shopping for a nylon classical and this kid was singing that Oliver guy's one song in the acoustic room.

    When he finished I told him that song is about me.

    He also played wonder wall, no joke, 10 times.

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    [–] 39 points 3 years ago (4 children)

    Anyone have the numbers of social welfare spending vs corporate welfare spending for a recent year? Say 2020-2022? I can't find it.

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  • [–] 35 points 3 years ago (1 child)

    I'm too lazy to look up the numbers, but I think the premise of this argument is rather weak.

    Money spend on social welfare, vastly improves poor people's lives. When you spend it on corporate welfare, the money tends to go into the pockets of people who are already pretty comfortable.

    This is a simplification of a multifaceted issue, but by and large I think this holds a lot more water than just comparing numbers.

    Also: There was a pandemic in the time period given, so there might be some selection bias.

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    [–] 31 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I legit actually like country music. Country music and punk rock. Both of them are just three chords and the truth

    And man, when this song started, dude came in hot. I loved it. And then he went flying right off the rails.

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    [–] 29 points 3 years ago (3 children)

    I know this guy. I mean, not exactly this guy but pretty much.

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