Most of those 99% don't give a shit either way. They do not support or condemn the ICE raids. If they did, they'd be counter-protesting to drown out the anti-ICE riots.
Marxists have always had very valid critiques of market economies and anyone who's not a deranged utopian ideologue acknowledges it. It's just that their proposed alternatives are ten thousand times worse than the problems they critique.
"We" means "America." Unlimited immigration is not popular. Every time any variant of "anyone who wants to come here should be allowed if they just fill out a form" is proposed, it's soundly rejected by the voters.
Also, Old Lady Vanderbeg is (probably) a recipient of state welfare, ergo she's also a lumpenprole. Granny will lined up against the wall if need be.
I'm hearing that Chelsea is a ghost town right now. Half of the city is Vietnamese and the other half is Dominican.
The old, this is on fire but lets put it out with gasoline ideology. Makes sense.
saving 250 dollars but having your tire blow out on the highway because juan carlos fucked up the retread in his weed haze
For all the shit I say about Marx, Das Kapital is a good criticism and analysis of capitalism. As you said, it's just that his political prescriptions were pants-on-head stupid.
IM POOR, I don’t have $1200 or $1500 sitting around for tires
I'm running out of places to pin my got what I voted for award.
Tires do not cost that much.
Exactly. This is kind of the point I was leading up to. The thing is, I won't judge anyone for going for the cheapest price, especially with how dubious and vague the legal status even is to begin with. I don't think you can outright blame the average person for going "wow Google said the prices here are cheaper" and pursuing that, because, again, it's the cost effective option. But that's the thing. The average person isn't making some stance on immigration or illegal aliens or grandstanding about any of it. They just want their car fixed. The implications are there, sure, but blaming this type of person for being a part of WHY things are so shit is stupid. In reality, it's people who are completely aware of the legal status of the labor they are requesting and engaging with it anyway that are problem. The first step is bringing local awareness to the issue, the second step is putting the money where the mouth is. Everyone I know irl has no fucking idea about some raids that are happening in-state.
Again, fine, but the same time, if you're engaging with this system while actively disavowing it, there really is no difference between that and being a marxist who makes 145,000 dollars a year through hyper-consumerist bullshit. Then again, I haven't really even had the privilege of having a car to fix recently, so the idea that the people are actively engaging with and even directly funding the illegals they're claiming they want nothing to do with comes off incredibly unprincipled.
they don't live in the bluest city of the bluest state of the country you retard
Nah man, you cannot agree with something from somebody that you dislike. What are you, a communist?
Nobody beats a Town Fair Tire deal. NOBODY.
Then save your money, know the risks, find a refutable mechanic, educate yourself on tire maintenance.
