silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agoMore Americans Going Hungry, Worst Still to Come | Food banks around the country are reporting an uptick in visits. Grocery store chains are reporting an uptick in profit.prospect.orgexternal-linkmessage-square37linkfedilinkarrow-up1318arrow-down12
arrow-up1316arrow-down1external-linkMore Americans Going Hungry, Worst Still to Come | Food banks around the country are reporting an uptick in visits. Grocery store chains are reporting an uptick in profit.prospect.orgsilence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 5 months agomessage-square37linkfedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoThe outcome of that is less availability of groceries, long treks to buy food, and higher prices. What’s actually needed is a unionized competitor
minus-squareapenstaartje@lemmy.cafeBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoSure, but it’s not going to happen. The country is dead… people just haven’t realized it yet.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·5 months agoTaking control of a local government via an election remains doable for a modestly sized and motivated group. You can change things
minus-squareapenstaartje@lemmy.cafeBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoI think you will change your mind after the midterms. But I certainly hope you’re right
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·5 months agoThey’re gerrymanding congress, not your local city council
minus-squareapenstaartje@lemmy.cafeBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·5 months agoThere’s more than gerrymandering going on.
minus-squareReginaldBarclay@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·5 months agoI’d love to. But the way things are going around here, I might need that insider access to the bread lines.
Burn it down
The outcome of that is less availability of groceries, long treks to buy food, and higher prices.
What’s actually needed is a unionized competitor
That won’t happen
It can with local support.
Sure, but it’s not going to happen. The country is dead… people just haven’t realized it yet.
Taking control of a local government via an election remains doable for a modestly sized and motivated group. You can change things
I think you will change your mind after the midterms. But I certainly hope you’re right
They’re gerrymanding congress, not your local city council
There’s more than gerrymandering going on.
I’d love to. But the way things are going around here, I might need that insider access to the bread lines.