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    3 days ago

    Start saving now

    Saving what?

    grow food

    How do you do that in a small apartment?

    make do with less.

    You sound like you’ve never lived in poverty. Unfortunately, millions of Americans do.

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        I didn’t lecture you about anything, but if you grew up “dirt poor,” like you claim you did, then I would think that you would understand that people in poverty do not have anything to save.

        Also, the idea that you could feed yourself and your kids with what you grow in small planters in an apartment (before they kick you out for not paying rent because you lost your job due to being out protesting) is not how the universe works.

        I assume you are now going to make the suggestion I saw someone make the other day and let their kids eat out of dumpsters.

        Also, I am sorry, but this is fucking stupid:

        Or you can listen to the… idk, are they supposed solutions? And ignore what’s happening in our country and get some protection before they decide you have a mental illness and aren’t allowed to have one.

        You do not automatically come up with good solutions which are beyond criticism and people who criticize them aren’t people who are just ignoring things.

        Sorry, you’re not a god.

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            3 days ago

            from someone who’s already ensured his safety

            And there it is- “you ran away like a coward.”

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                Well one suggestion would be to have some compassion for people living paycheck-to-paycheck and not expect such people to ruin their lives and, worse, their kids lives by doing things that are, at best, highly impractical and, at worse, could leave them destitute. And it’s not just you, you’re just part of a wider group saying things like people should be feeding their kids out of dumpsters if they really wanted to do something about Trump.

                Another would be to suggest that rather than such people growing their own food and saving money they do not have to save, that they take part in collective action and protesting when they are able to do so, rather than on a specific, limited schedule that others who have far more freedom in their lives expect them to follow.

                A third would be to not tell people like the residents of the 13.5% of American households that were food insecure a couple of years ago that they just need to make do with less when there is no less.