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PatSeg

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39. Yes, though hopefully we'll be remembered

Fri Oct 31, 2025, 10:31 AM

Oct 2025

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 2025 OP

Excellent quote for these times wendyb-NC Oct 2025 #1

Yes PatSeg Oct 2025 #2

On another DU thread.. Some 200,000 Little Free Libraries converting to food pantries.. halobeam Oct 2025 #38

Lady Madonna BurnDoubt Oct 2025 #3

Children at your feet, Haggard Celine Oct 2025 #23

Shitheads. BurnDoubt Oct 2025 #32

This quote assumes that SNAP payments have actually failed ... but they haven't failed FakeNoose Oct 2025 #4

Every time the Government takes money out of circulation KS Toronado Oct 2025 #6

With all due respect, my friend, it is NOT failure and negligence. dixiegrrrrl Oct 2025 #8

Thank you for agreeing and supporting me FakeNoose Oct 2025 #14

Yes, it is a lose-lose for pretty much everyone PatSeg Oct 2025 #10

Also farmers who need that market for their product. tblue37 Oct 2025 #28

Arguably a civilization* wouldn't have an eighth of it's citizens on food support. progressoid Oct 2025 #29

Far too many christians in US shit on Matthew 25:40-43 Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #5

They ignore such passages PatSeg Oct 2025 #11

And they point to Leviticus re homosexuality while they get their tattoos also forbidden by that book. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz Oct 2025 #18

Yes, they take selective interpretation PatSeg Oct 2025 #20

Right wingers really don't like that part of the Bible progressoid Oct 2025 #30

Hope I always remember that last line KS Toronado Oct 2025 #7

Yes, it is perfect PatSeg Oct 2025 #12

Feeding the hungry is not charity, it is justice. rustbeltvoice Oct 2025 #9

I agree PatSeg Oct 2025 #13

"Denying people food is anti-life, and cruel, Haggard Celine Oct 2025 #24

We have never rid ourselves of the royalists or the sycophants who love them. LT Barclay Oct 2025 #15

That is true PatSeg Oct 2025 #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 2025 #16

They rarely do PatSeg Oct 2025 #25

A test of civilization, decency and humanity. liberalla Oct 2025 #17

And now we're seeing the aftermath of that inequality PatSeg Oct 2025 #26

Food Stamps (SNAP), developed during the depression, also worked as a price stabilizer ChicagoTeamster Oct 2025 #19

I hadn't thought of that about PatSeg Oct 2025 #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 2025 #35

"Feeding the poor is not charity--it is a test of civilization." cer7711 Oct 2025 #21

King Dump says the SNAP program is full of fraud and corruption Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #31

That is so often his excuse PatSeg Oct 2025 #33

Absolutely. It's so obviously projection. Diamond_Dog Oct 2025 #34

It's so difficult LittleGirl Oct 2025 #41

History will remember the U.S. as the wealthiest nation to fail the test RVN VET71 Oct 2025 #36

Yes, though hopefully we'll be remembered PatSeg Oct 2025 #39

A society is not judged on how well they keep their kings Farmer-Rick Oct 2025 #37

Exactly PatSeg Oct 2025 #40