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39. Yes, though hopefully we'll be remembered

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 10:31 AM

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for fighting authoritarianism and winning. I'd like to be optimistic, but right now I'm not sure. We've been heading in this direction for so long it seems, I'm not sure we can reverse direction. Of course, I don't think there is any 'getting back to where we once belonged'; we may survive, but we'll never be the same.

On a more positive note, perhaps Trump is the catalyst that we needed to overcome so many socioeconomic issues that we keep backsliding on. Maybe things had to get so bad in order for people to truly wake up from their lethargy and realize we must change or perish.

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Saw this on Facebook [View all] PatSeg Thursday OP

Excellent quote for these times wendyb-NC Thursday #1

Yes PatSeg Thursday #2

On another DU thread.. Some 200,000 Little Free Libraries converting to food pantries.. halobeam Friday #38

Lady Madonna BurnDoubt Thursday #3

Children at your feet, Haggard Celine Thursday #23

Shitheads. BurnDoubt Thursday #32

This quote assumes that SNAP payments have actually failed ... but they haven't failed FakeNoose Thursday #4

Every time the Government takes money out of circulation KS Toronado Thursday #6

With all due respect, my friend, it is NOT failure and negligence. dixiegrrrrl Thursday #8

Thank you for agreeing and supporting me FakeNoose Thursday #14

Yes, it is a lose-lose for pretty much everyone PatSeg Thursday #10

Also farmers who need that market for their product. tblue37 Thursday #28

Arguably a civilization* wouldn't have an eighth of it's citizens on food support. progressoid Thursday #29

Far too many christians in US shit on Matthew 25:40-43 Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #5

They ignore such passages PatSeg Thursday #11

And they point to Leviticus re homosexuality while they get their tattoos also forbidden by that book. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Thursday #18

Yes, they take selective interpretation PatSeg Thursday #20

Right wingers really don't like that part of the Bible progressoid Thursday #30

Hope I always remember that last line KS Toronado Thursday #7

Yes, it is perfect PatSeg Thursday #12

Feeding the hungry is not charity, it is justice. rustbeltvoice Thursday #9

I agree PatSeg Thursday #13

"Denying people food is anti-life, and cruel, Haggard Celine Thursday #24

We have never rid ourselves of the royalists or the sycophants who love them. LT Barclay Thursday #15

That is true PatSeg Thursday #22

And those claiming to be followers of the One who said "Feed the hungry" won't do what he said to do. surfered Thursday #16

They rarely do PatSeg Thursday #25

A test of civilization, decency and humanity. liberalla Thursday #17

And now we're seeing the aftermath of that inequality PatSeg Thursday #26

Food Stamps (SNAP), developed during the depression, also worked as a price stabilizer ChicagoTeamster Thursday #19

I hadn't thought of that about PatSeg Thursday #27

Farm Aid started in 1985 and there's still one this year. It started with headliners like Willie Nelson and Neil Young ChicagoTeamster Thursday #35

"Feeding the poor is not charity--it is a test of civilization." cer7711 Thursday #21

King Dump says the SNAP program is full of fraud and corruption Diamond_Dog Thursday #31

That is so often his excuse PatSeg Thursday #33

Absolutely. It's so obviously projection. Diamond_Dog Thursday #34

It's so difficult LittleGirl Friday #41

History will remember the U.S. as the wealthiest nation to fail the test RVN VET71 Thursday #36

Yes, though hopefully we'll be remembered PatSeg Friday #39

A society is not judged on how well they keep their kings Farmer-Rick Thursday #37

Exactly PatSeg Friday #40