• Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
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    3 months ago

    Even a good sweatshop knows if you feed the children you get more labor return out of them. That’s what I mean, you can spin this from whatever angle you want and the answer is always feed them.

    • ArchRecord@lemm.ee
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      3 months ago

      The thing is, the people pushing these anti-free-lunch policies don’t actually care about the children.

      The majority of those in poverty are not white.

      Voters (and the politicians they support) are substantially more white in the Republican party, than the Democratic party.

      And the Republican party often ends up spreading white supremacist ideology like the Great Replacement Theory.

      When kids in poverty can’t learn, or even survive, due to lack of food, are of a race you think is trying to replace you, and you know is less likely to vote for you… well, I think you can see their motivations.

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        3 months ago

        Once upon a time white supremacist were the periphery of the republican party. Sure many mainstream Republicans were racist as all hell, but few were outright white supremacists. But over time the far right and altright have taken over. Now the alleged moderate republican is the periphery.