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PatSeg

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39. Yes, though hopefully we'll be remembered

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 09:31 AM

Oct 31

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 Oct 30 OP

Excellent quote for these times wendyb-NC Oct 30 #1

Yes PatSeg Oct 30 #2

On another DU thread.. Some 200,000 Little Free Libraries converting to food pantries.. halobeam Oct 31 #38

Lady Madonna BurnDoubt Oct 30 #3

Children at your feet, Haggard Celine Oct 30 #23

Shitheads. BurnDoubt Oct 30 #32

This quote assumes that SNAP payments have actually failed ... but they haven't failed FakeNoose Oct 30 #4

Every time the Government takes money out of circulation KS Toronado Oct 30 #6

With all due respect, my friend, it is NOT failure and negligence. dixiegrrrrl Oct 30 #8

Thank you for agreeing and supporting me FakeNoose Oct 30 #14

Yes, it is a lose-lose for pretty much everyone PatSeg Oct 30 #10

Also farmers who need that market for their product. tblue37 Oct 30 #28

Arguably a civilization* wouldn't have an eighth of it's citizens on food support. progressoid Oct 30 #29

Far too many christians in US shit on Matthew 25:40-43 Bernardo de La Paz Oct 30 #5

They ignore such passages PatSeg Oct 30 #11

And they point to Leviticus re homosexuality while they get their tattoos also forbidden by that book. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 30 #18

Yes, they take selective interpretation PatSeg Oct 30 #20

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

Hope I always remember that last line KS Toronado Oct 30 #7

Yes, it is perfect PatSeg Oct 30 #12

Feeding the hungry is not charity, it is justice. rustbeltvoice Oct 30 #9

I agree PatSeg Oct 30 #13

"Denying people food is anti-life, and cruel, Haggard Celine Oct 30 #24

We have never rid ourselves of the royalists or the sycophants who love them. LT Barclay Oct 30 #15

That is true PatSeg Oct 30 #22

And those claiming to be followers of the One who said "Feed the hungry" won't do what he said to do. surfered Oct 30 #16

They rarely do PatSeg Oct 30 #25

A test of civilization, decency and humanity. liberalla Oct 30 #17

And now we're seeing the aftermath of that inequality PatSeg Oct 30 #26

Food Stamps (SNAP), developed during the depression, also worked as a price stabilizer ChicagoTeamster Oct 30 #19

I hadn't thought of that about PatSeg Oct 30 #27

Farm Aid started in 1985 and there's still one this year. It started with headliners like Willie Nelson and Neil Young ChicagoTeamster Oct 30 #35

"Feeding the poor is not charity--it is a test of civilization." cer7711 Oct 30 #21

King Dump says the SNAP program is full of fraud and corruption Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #31

That is so often his excuse PatSeg Oct 30 #33

Absolutely. It's so obviously projection. Diamond_Dog Oct 30 #34

It's so difficult LittleGirl Oct 31 #41

History will remember the U.S. as the wealthiest nation to fail the test RVN VET71 Oct 30 #36

Yes, though hopefully we'll be remembered PatSeg Oct 31 #39

A society is not judged on how well they keep their kings Farmer-Rick Oct 30 #37

Exactly PatSeg Oct 31 #40