#classist

She was kept as a hostage slave in a wealthy family’s apartment, forced to clean it whenever they knocked without warning, for EIGHT MONTHS. Just because they fed her does not mean she wasn’t a hostage and a slave. Her mother also has terminal cancer and was afraid she was never going to see her again.

If you start justifying human rights abuses against women, Jews, and Asians (she is half Chinese) because they are Israeli, you were never against antisemitism, misogyny, or wanted to stop Asian hate.

I don't think they quite get that we don't "defend it like it's some delicacy" Because we worship it like some weird religion, we defend it because it's a struggle meal.

At Aldi, a loaf of bread is 75p, and at Tesco a tin of beans is 28p, coming to £1.03 ($1.36)

For some people, this is the only thing they can afford to eat, a lot of those people eating it every day as their only meal.

you're so mad at the world, and understandably so. but you push these all or nothing, black and white mindsets and contribute so much to discourse, generating one bad-faith argument after another to find some sense of control and superiority so you don't feel like you lack autonomy as capitalism decays around us. you actively turn people against each other, try to make others feel smaller, and feign martyr while being a fucking bully.

you lack critical thinking skills because you choose to ignore every argument that doesn't support yours, not understanding that to have a full rounded view, you have to be well-versed on EVERY side of the issue at hand. you're killing yourselves faster than your opposition ever could, because you refuse to look inwards. you think you're an ally, but you always want to find someone to persecute in the name of your cause. you don't realize you often end up alienating the very people you claim to support, AND you turn others against them by acting this way.

if you don't shut the fuck up and look in the mirror for a while, sit down and really ask yourself what it is you believe and if your actions line up with it, and get off social media for a little bit; you're honestly fucked, i'm sorry. you cannot live in an echo chamber of your own beliefs, while they slowly get more and more radicalized due to the algorithm's manipulation, and still remain helpful to your cause. you can't shut down every time you're uncomfortable, you have to find a way through that. sometimes that means taking a step back for a while so you can work through what's really working you up. but this is untenable.

what's sad to me is so many of you will read this and think, "this is true about everyone but me!" and continue to fuck yourselves and your cause. i'm begging you to take an honest look at yourself, and not be mean about it either. there can be ambiguity. you can look at yourself and say, "i've been wrong, but i meant to do the right thing. i can change, and i don't have to punish myself for it."

you need to learn the ability to have a civil discussion, rather than escalating it into an argument every time. not every person is out to get you, some people really are grossly misinformed. i've genuinely changed people's minds, meeting them openly and respectfully. you want class consciousness and for the middle class to be a united front? you have to understand so much of the middle class is underprivileged, overworked, uneducated, unable to spend 12 hours a day researching when they wouldn't even know where to begin. "everyone has access to a computer," is actually not true! and not everyone even has the understanding of how bad things truly are! it's not inherently malicious to be ignorant. knowledge, and the ability to apply said knowledge, are privileges. ignorance absolutely can be a privilege, too. but it's not always some rich white debutant, living without a care. some people don't even realize they're oppressed, and they spend their lives blaming themselves. don't tell me you care about class consciousness, if you don't care for the majority of the working class that presents a challenge to you. it's extremely classist to decide their lives are secondary to yours. i don't think the majority of the left (NOT just liberals) realizes that it's a mirror image of the right, just using different language.

putting my conspiracy theory hat on again:

this is just step #150 in a long series of schemes, by rich white people, reading the international room. They are attempting to ingratiate themselves to wealthy Chinese elite that they believe (or KNOW) will be (or ARE) major global economic players. but whiteness is too arrogant and manipulative to simply adapt, they have to co-opt, disfigure, and own a culture before dipping their toes in it for personal gain. i think this just reflects a trend amongst the white upper middle and wealthy classes beginning to somewhat recognize and respect the wealth of Asians that they used to mainly view as just kitschy, “ancient chinese wisdom” dispensaries, and npcs. They see their white husbands having to begrudgingly bow down and play ball to wealthy Chinese and Asian foreign businessmen and investors more and more lollll.

yet they still cannot let go of their orientalist views even when white ppl think they are appeasing or flattering Asian elites by appropriating their cultures and traditions for liesure. 🥴

- working class republicans are still the proletariat

- working class racists are still the proletariat

- working class bigots are still the proletariat

- working class sexists are still the proletariat

- working class homophobes are still the proletariat

- working class transphobes are still the proletariat

I’m not saying you have to like these people, agree with them, etc. I hate them. And they are often a danger to society, and it shouldn’t be overlooked. But when you’re talking about class and the human rights to food, water, shelter, education, universal income, etc. you can’t exclude people based off of their opinions.