eat the rich

To a rich person, everything exists for the purpose of them to hoard it for profit.

A social media post by Matt Lillywhite. It reads:

Everytime I walk into a library I think, "Wow, this is what society looks like when it's actually doing its job."

Free heat.

Free seats.

Free internet.

Free knowledge.

If aliens landed tomorrow, I'd take them to a library first just to prove we're capable of getting one thing right.

With temperatures in the southern United States skyrocketing as high as 120 degrees Fahrenheit, safety experts on Monday advised Americans living in areas where excessive heat warnings had been issued to immediately seek privilege. “When the heat index is dangerously high, the most important thing you can do to stay healthy is to acquire enormous amounts of wealth, status, and power,” said Justin Gaines, a physician who studies heat stress and thermoregulation, adding that U.S. residents should at the bare minimum earn a six-figure salary, maintain a diverse portfolio of investments, and live in an air-conditioned mansion until the heat dome had ended.

how many months of government support does it take to afford something like a power wheelchair if you're someone who needs one to get out of bed? how much expense is incurred while saving up for that, making sure you still get food, cleaning, other appointments while you're saving up? is it enough to pay rent? is it enough to still have nice meals, streaming subscriptions, a new video game? is it enough to help family or friends cover emergencies? are there resources available to help with dating, girl's nights, family events if you can't do it all yourself? how in demand are those services, how far in advance do they have to be reserved, how much do they cost?

I've had a few posts about disability get relatively well-shared at this point, and there's always an element of surprise in it - like, what do you mean there's subscriptions, what do you mean it's that expensive, isn't there something else? - and while I understand why, it would really mean a lot if people who don't know about this stuff took the initiative to find out just how bad some of this shit is on their own time