silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 day agoMore Americans Going Hungry, Worst Still to Come | Food banks around the country are reporting an uptick in visits. Grocery store chains are reporting an uptick in profit.prospect.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37fedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down13
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minus-squareReginaldBarclay@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·23 hours agoI’d love to. But the way things are going around here, I might need that insider access to the bread lines.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 day agoThe outcome of that is less availability of groceries, long treks to buy food, and higher prices. What’s actually needed is a unionized competitor
minus-squareapenstaartje@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 day agoSure, but it’s not going to happen. The country is dead… people just haven’t realized it yet.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 day agoTaking control of a local government via an election remains doable for a modestly sized and motivated group. You can change things
minus-squareapenstaartje@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 hours agoI think you will change your mind after the midterms. But I certainly hope you’re right
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·24 hours agoThey’re gerrymanding congress, not your local city council
minus-squareapenstaartje@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·24 hours agoThere’s more than gerrymandering going on.
Burn it down
I’d love to. But the way things are going around here, I might need that insider access to the bread lines.
The outcome of that is less availability of groceries, long treks to buy food, and higher prices.
What’s actually needed is a unionized competitor
That won’t happen
It can with local support.
Sure, but it’s not going to happen. The country is dead… people just haven’t realized it yet.
Taking control of a local government via an election remains doable for a modestly sized and motivated group. You can change things
I think you will change your mind after the midterms. But I certainly hope you’re right
They’re gerrymanding congress, not your local city council
There’s more than gerrymandering going on.