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    Please tell me that’s not actually what they tell you to do.

    Where’s the bombs and general strikes?

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      Almost half of Americans live paycheck-to-paycheck. A strike means they can’t feed or house their kids. Corporations have Americans by the balls and they know it.

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        9 hours ago

        Nope. Soup kitchens are cheap and easy.

        US Americans are just too stupid to turn to their neighbor and work together

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          Soup kitchen covering people’s health insurance and shit now? You know damn well how much people’s jobs mean to them and their livelihoods.

          I agree with you; but it’s very easy to say, challenge level impossible to do.

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              Which doctor can provide free chemo if I have cancer? Which doctor can provide a free MRI if I have a stroke? Do they keep those things in their home?

              You don’t mind children dying, and apparently you don’t mind very sick people dying either.

              So how many people do you feel is an acceptable number to die for your cause?

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                So for how much longer would you consider it acceptable for the current system to cause more suffering and death before drastic actions for change are acceptable?

                It seems you care more about those who would be hypothetically be harmed than those who are being harmed right now.

                I don’t think that those who advocate for mutual aid networks and a general strike are either ignorant or uncaring of the harm that it could cause. I think they believe that the harm caused would be less than the harm already being inflicted by the current system. That said, I think it’s a big ask for people to put themselves and their families at great risk, even if it’s for a good purpose.

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                  Allowing people to die of cancer and other illnesses that require a hospital causes suffering and death. Why does that not matter to you?

                  Are you really under the impression that mutual age can compound chemotherapy drugs or construct an MRI machine? Or even an X-ray machine?

                  You two don’t give a shit about kids and don’t give a shit about people who are sick. I mean you think cancer patients would only “hypothetically” suffer and die if there were no one to give them chemo. Which is literally not how anything works.

                  I asked them and they didn’t answer, so how about you tell me: what is the maximum number of dead innocent sick people and children would you would accept here? I bet you won’t answer either

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                  Ah yes, just walk in and take the MRI machine. They are notoriously portable.

                  I suppose they can just take the entire OR back to their sterile environment they keep at home too.

                  Also, chemotherapy drugs are compound medications, meaning they must be correctly mixed on a per-patient basis, which you can only determine by running a bunch of tests that can only be done in a hospital.

                  And either you’re extremely ignorant or you know all of this and don’t give a shit if sick people die as long as people are striking. And I think it’s pretty clear it’s the latter.

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          Nope. Soup kitchens are cheap and easy.

          Yeah, so is eating out of a dumpster. Jesus Christ. Have you ever even talked to a homeless person?

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                My guy, food not bombs explicitly is a mutal aid network and they’re specifically discrediting your attempt to discredit them because they have eaten out of dumpsters. But sure, it’s everybody else that’s wildly out of touch in this conversation.

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                  I am discrediting them because they don’t give a shit about child abuse. And you’re defending them. Not a good look.

                  Also, this same person you are defending says the real problem here is accusing imaginary people of being spies.

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                    You’re discrediting them for something you hadn’t even brought up yet? Those goalposts are on wheels as long as they hold up your self righteous justification to be snarky on the Internet huh?

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            I spent years eating dumpstered food when I lived in the US. You’re proving my point.

            Have you ever even volunteered with Food Not Bombs?

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              Did you feed your kids out of dumpsters? And if so, were any of them autistic kids who would only be willing to eat things they approve of and starve otherwise? I hope not.

              But I’m guessing your suggestion is either force-feed them or let them starve.

              Also, do you know one of the reasons they take your kids away from you and put them in abusive foster care? Because you’re homeless.

              Basically your whole idea is advocating child abuse.

              Amazing how many people here think you should put the welfare of others over your own children.

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                Its clear you’ve never dumpster dived before. Its usually wrapped in food grade containers. Completely sanitary. And good stuff, like super fancy expensive pastries.

                And food not bombs works with restaurants and groceries to get the food before they even put it in a dumpster, just before its thrown out.

                Seriously, please find your local chapter of Food Not Bombs and volunteer. You would learn a lot. Feeding people is not an issue in the US.

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                  My entire post was about child abuse and you just ignored it.

                  So I guess we know how you feel about children suffering.