• FlakesBongler [they/them]
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    607 months ago

    Loving all the weaseling here

    It’s not providing education training, it’s supporting

    Not mentioning getting the men already in prison for cannabis charges out

    Protecting cryptocurrency

    Fuck, if they actually cared about the issues that predominantly affect black men, they’d do something about the Pigs or the Chuds

    But they don’t and they won’t

  • citrussy_capybara [ze/hir]
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    277 months ago
    • “and others”
    • “support education” lipservice
    • encourage gambling while burning the planet
    • health awareness campaign but no healthcare
    • nothing stopping doing it now, a lie that will be repeated next election
  • Angel [any]
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    327 months ago

    Libs, often white ones, will literally read this kind of shit and use it as irrefutable “proof” that Kamala and the Dems give even two fucks about the marginalized. At the same time, they’ll also call you “racist” and say that you don’t understand the plight of underprivileged Americans if you don’t vote for her, which would leave you to uphold all of the fascist bullshit that comes with said vote.

    They have no ability to think beyond some vaguely “supportive” language in a tweet that actually is, like the title says, condescending when you examine it a bit more closely. Libs don’t care about actual policy, tactics, or even ideology. They care about the aesthetic of the people they’re voting for, but they support the exact same fascism as Republicans. They’ll just be a lot more complacent under a blue-colored fascist than they would be under a red-colored fascist. top-cop

    • Nakoichi [they/them]
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      217 months ago

      Yeah this shit just comes off as stereotypes/tropes and paternalistic condescending bullshit like it seems to assume that black people are stupid therefore more likely to have fallen for crypto scams and then goes on not to address the inherent problems with crypto but to protect their investments in the scam. Whoever crafted this is a massive racist piece of shit.

  • Kestrel [comrade/them]
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    How bout you expunge marijuana convictions for the hundreds of thousands of black men still in prison while white folks get to enjoy gentrification gummies

  • RION [she/her]
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    67 months ago

    Protect cryptocurrency investments

    I thought the point of crypto was the lack of regulation. If it gets the same protections as conventional securities, what is the point of crypto versus those securities???

  • Tabitha ☢️[she/her]
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    107 months ago

    What kind of business can you actually start where the missing ingredient is a $20k loan and the idea isn’t “buy bitcoins/stocks”? This seems like a grift to get taxpayers to fund dumping $20k x 1 million into the bottom of a diverse portfolio of pyramid schemes.

    • miz [any, any]OP
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      397 months ago

      I won’t dispute that the black community has some reasons to distrust banks, but it says a lot that the prescription for addressing systemic racism in banking is to regulate scam tokens

      • SubstantialNothingness [comrade/them]
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        “We want an alternative to the traditional industry with its captured regulations that help the rich and hurt people like us.”

        “We hear you and we’re here to help. We propose folding alternative markets into the traditional industries so than can be held to the standards of existing regulations.”

        I think the campaign has a profound - and somewhat comedic - misunderstanding of the entire situation.

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        I’m not even sure if this is a call for regulation or just a vague encouragement to put money in a highly volatile planet-burning dubious investment that arguably has a more white and pasty ruling class bigots dominating it. flashbang

        • miz [any, any]OP
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          excuse me sir but Spike Lee told me that the Digital Rebellion is Here!!

          • UlyssesT [he/him]
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            227 months ago

            Oh, takes me back to those crypto clowns that made accounts on Hexbear just to tell us all that we’re ignorant and against the real revolution if we don’t buy into the internet funny money.

            The only way to beat Wall Street’s casino is to buy chips in the new bazinga casino (also owned by Wall Street!).

  • Dessa [she/her]
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    437 months ago

    This sounds like a fantastic way to stir up resentment among white democrats while doing absolutely nothing for black men

  • Dessa [she/her]
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    307 months ago

    “Launch a national health initiative focused on the illnesses that disproportionately affect black men”

    So they’ll talk about sickle cell anemia a bit before refusing to do anything about it.

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    $20k is barely rent for half a year in a small apartment. Let alone securing a building, or making a viable product or hiring employees.

    Here’s another springboard into unfathomable debt! jokermala

    eric-andre Legalize MJ because sterotype

    • SubstantialNothingness [comrade/them]
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      177 months ago

      $20k is barely rent for half a year in a small apartment. Let alone securing a building, or making a viable product or hiring employees.

      You’re thinking too ambitiously. Our aspirations are supposed to top out at “eBay Dropshipper.”