• throwawayacc0430@sh.itjust.works
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    21 hours ago

    I don’t know how the average minimum wage worker can have the time to even care about world events when they are constantly under the threat of getting fired and stuggle to afford food.

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      18 hours ago

      Caring has nothing to do with your paycheck, caring is about basic human empathy. I wouldn’t be surprised when lower income would care more than higher.

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        17 hours ago

        Its not about that, of course they care, that is - if they even know about such thing happening. Do you think wage-slaves have time to do research into complex global politics? The mainsteam media downplays the genocide so much that most people believe that the genocide is “hyperbole”. Do you know how much money Israel has spent on propaganda? When the media focuses solely on October 7th, but then deletes everything after that, how are people supposed to even learn about the genocide?

        Let me tell you for example, I told my aunt that the trump admin is deliberately trying to deport innocent people in the US, and she’s like “Oh really? I think you’re exaggerating” (for context: we are non-white immigrants) like she’s not an evil person, just ignorant as fuck, not even reading the news.