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   Doctor Popular (docpop@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 17-Apr-2024 10:51:49 JST Doctor Popular

   My mind finally broke today when I got this comment on IG saying "public resources should only go to people who work jobs in this city". I typed up a response about how providing shelter for people who need it "saves taxpayers money" and could feel myself dying on the inside for even needing to explain it that way. What the fuck is wrong with people. Do things because they are the right thing to do, not because it might benefit you directly.

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     Doctor Popular (docpop@mastodon.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 04:57:12 JST Doctor Popular

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     • Sashin

     @sashin I totally agree with you. I feel deeply engrained in talking about how things might benefit or hurt me financially and had a hard time explaining it beyond that lens. I wish it was easier for me to talk about it beyond the context of economic cost/benefit.

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     Sashin (sashin@veganism.social)'s status on Thursday, 18-Apr-2024 04:57:13 JST Sashin

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     @docpop I think you should have argued in a more principled way and not let them frame the conversation.

     It can be very hard to find a job in the first place and not being able to find one doesn't make it okay for you to be deprived of support.