silence7@slrpnk.net to News@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 year 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-square35linkfedilinkarrow-up1317arrow-down13
arrow-up1314arrow-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 · 1 year agomessage-square35linkfedilink
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoSure, but it’s not going to happen. The country is dead… people just haven’t realized it yet.
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up2·1 year 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-up1·1 year agoI think you will change your mind after the midterms. But I certainly hope you’re right
minus-squaresilence7@slrpnk.netOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoThey’re gerrymanding congress, not your local city council
minus-squareapenstaartje@lemmy.cafeBannedlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoThere’s more than gerrymandering going on.
minus-squareReginaldBarclay@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkarrow-up3·1 year 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.