some of us had to work. not everyone has parents who can hold down jobs and bring in money. I worked at a grocery store cause it was easy to grab the perfectly good expired stuff being tossed.

I couldve worded it better and replaced “sentiment like this” with “statements like this” ¯⁠\⁠_⁠(⁠ツ⁠)⁠_⁠/⁠¯

I agree. I didn’t say you’re wrong. I’m just saying that the way this the meme is phrased creates a false equivalency that is misleading unless spelled out like you did

“choosing the less evil option” and then continuing to protest, resist, and break shit will bring about change though. especially when the less evil option didn’t vow to bring in the national guard to crack down on pro Palestine protestors.

y’all are centrists masquerading as leftists, you care more about what you seem to be right and true than the consequences of it

I’m not a democrat and if I ever turn into one please put me down

lemmy actually tends to skew older than a lot of platforms (ive seen stats for this around just don’t have any on hand). the person I responded to above is actually one of the creators of lemmy. unfortunately, lemmy also skews towards chronically online and white, which means there’s a lot of those opinions floating around.

great point I should have simply not worked and let my family starve. truly genius intellect

here’s an example for you to drive home why sentiment like this is dumb and creates false equivalencies. when I was 14, I worked at a grocery store. there were two managers that I would get scheduled with. they both sucked and were awful human beings. however, one was a known child predator. which one do you think I’d rather get scheduled with?