Comments by "Papi Chulo" (@par3me) on "Why Are Republicans Obsessed With “Woke” Corporations? | The Class Room With Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò" video.

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  2.  @kssomms  I agree with most of what you said. Greatly appreciate the thoughtful and well worded reply. It says a lot about you. We differ with the republicans and democrats when it comes to the media. I talk to a lot of folks that were life long Democrats that now align more with republicans on most issues. The same for the independents. The democrats and the left completely abandoned the working class for corporations and the elites. Just look at their actions. Day one, shut down pipeline laying off union workers that voted for him. Doubles the audits on those making less than 25k a year and now has access to bank accounts with more than 500.00. Why? Because he’s “fighting the wealthy elites”. Excite they supported him, voted for him and are within his administration. Destroyed economies in blue states forcing many small business owners out of business. All while the corporations remained open. This was the greatest wealth transfer in history. You want to know what destroys the lower and middle class? Inflation, high gas prices, high interest rates. When fuel is 12% of your monthly income and fuel more then doubled. It’s now 25% of your monthly income. When food expenses is 15% and goes to 20%. Or when utilities and rent almost double. This is absolutely devastating for the lower and middle class because these increases make up such a larger percentage of their income. On the other hand we have the rich elites. They’re buying what other can’t hedging their bets. They have the ability to wait until we’re selling everything at a discount just to eat. Then rent or lease it back to us. This is and was their plan. He’s never been shy about this. You will own nothing and be happy. Just look to California for a democratic utopia. It only serves the elites while everyone else fight it out in the streets for scraps. As the elites continue to vote the same politics in continuing the destructing. If you’ve never been. Go to LA and San Francisco. Walk amongst the common folk and talk to people. Most eye opening shit you’ll have. It’s cruel what we’re doing to our homeless/mentally ill. These were our neighbors and still are our brothers, sisters, mothers, daughters, dads and sons. You know more then 98% of homeless women have been sexually assaulted while on the streets? Is this acceptable? Of course not. But the elites and the democrats that support them continue to make things worse. All while never even wanting to understand what the problem is. But hey, when you run on a platform of vote for me. I’ll make you feel like you’re making a difference just don’t look out the window. How can one lose. I grew up in the Bay Area. Was homeless. Spent way too much time on the streets with these folks. Unless you’ve actually been there. Or spent considerable time there. You’ll only make things worse attempting to help. Hopefully this encourages someone to do some research and better understand both who they’re voting for. But also what will happen when policies are in acted. Do some research. Educate yourself. Peoples lives are at risk. Look into the homeless death rates over the last two decades. It’s disgusting.
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  3.  @kssomms  The article was more of an extremely biased opinion piece. If this is how you obtain news. Your views are not surprising. If you actually look into the data and results of minimum wages. You realize your corporations like Target and Amazon support a 15.00 minimum wage because they have the numbers and scale to make it work. There competitors can not, driving then out of business. But you say, they’re now making 15.00. Well as someone that spent a couple decades with a fortune 5. They offset this additional expense by switching full time to part time, reducing headcount and adding more work to everyone’s plate. Small business can’t compete with these tactics nor would most of them want to. The problem I have with your thinking and logic. it’s all based on outcome and never logistically worked out. Never any thought of if we do this how will this actually unfold. It’s literally what California is based on. Example; Small number of California residents made a stink about critters dying when the forest service made firebreaks in the hills. They didn’t like the way they looked and didn’t like that they were killing animals to do it. Do they voted to stop. Without ever thinking about what will happen. Sure as shit California has fires that kept running and are hard to fight. Who’d of thought? But have we save hundreds to kill thoughts, millions in damages, human life lost ect. We need to stop prosecuting and locking up shoplifters stealing under 1k. They’re just trying to feed their family and now they have a record. Now people come in, no mask, trash bags, steal whatever and walk out. Was so bad CVS closed all their store in San Francisco. People who voted for this shit called them racist. This is the retarded shit California does and the Democratic Party is trying to move towards. We have ruined peoples ability to process thoughts and deductive reasoning. I wish everyone luck on their journey.
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  12.  @kssomms  I’m not for either party as well. However from my experience the Democratic Party have been working to remove my rights for years. 1st amendment, 2 amendment, regulations do small businesses can’t complete with corporations, tax breaks for the rich while sticking it to me. I can continue but I think you get the point. On the other hand we have the republicans that do nothing aside from attempting to slow down democrats. I dislike both parties for different people. Trump isn’t a republican. He’s been a democrat or republican. He did provide support and tax breaks for my small business. Especially being someone that technically lives in the “lower class” based on our household size and income. Do you know any republicans? I personally work in the homes of both Democrats and Republicans and people are very comfortable speaking openly to me. From my personal experiences over the years. I’ve found the following; 1.) Democrats are more likely to talk about a living wage and take care of the little guy. But unwilling to pay a living wage themselves. I work the trades and this is the experiences from my peers as well. They seem to think everyone should get more but not at their expense. Socialist mentality. 2.) Republicans are more likely to mention they sought out a small business specifically. Some even mention paying extra to keep their tax dollars local and support their community. I don’t here this from the left. 3.) When talking about homeless problems. Democrats all agree we need to do something and think others should pay to fix it. All solutions seem to comes from more spending. 4.) I’ve never and I repeat never met anyone left or right that didn’t care if someone died. We’ll aside from Democrats talking about Trump. But I think that’s more tongue-in-cheek. I do hear republicans state that we need to don something different to provide mental illness support. They also my in large believe we need to hold them accountable like anyone else. You can’t park illegally, you can’t sleep on the street, you can’t shit on the sidewalk. Unfortunately a lot of these folks have shelters available but refuse to take advantage of them due to not being able to do drugs within them. I grew up pour in the hood and thought the same way you do. As I got older and worked my way up the ladder I realized I had been lied to. The elites want people to believe the American dream isn’t possible. If you believe it’s unattainable, you’ll never reach it and they remain rich and powerful. The data doesn’t support this. 90% of millionaires are first time millionaires. Of those half a let small business owners. On the other side. 75% of generational wealth is gone by the 3rd generation. Meaning the old trope of the rich staying rich and the poor studying poor doesn’t align with the data. Again, if you believe it’s not possible, you’ll never try. We all live are lives and extract out of our experiences what we will. I personally believe we’re in the best country on the planet with the greatest opportunities. Even with our current administration attempting to destroy it all. 🇺🇸
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