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Why do u.s. politicians obsess over helping the middle class?
  • One thing I've heard from Americans is that what everyone else calls 'working class' they call 'middle class'. This is probably due to a hope that one day they will 'make it big', and a reluctance to see themselves as 'below average'.

  • Congress Is About to Gift Trump Sweeping Powers to Crush His Political Enemies
  • I don't get it. If an organisation loses its tax-exempt status, it will have to pay tax. This would definitely be bad news for the organisation. But how does it 'kill any nonprofit’s ability to function'? Why would they be unable to get banks to service them or get donations? Is it just hyperbole, or am I missing something?

  • Over 100 staff accuse BBC of bias in coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza
  • The British ruling class is more interested in maintaining their own power than in supporting Israel. Israel isn't their military base, and they want good relations at least with the ruling classes of the Gulf states. If pushed too hard, there is a possibility that they will throw Israel under the bus to save their own skins. I'm not betting on it happening, but Harmer & Co. are spineless cowards, so anything is possible.

  • Over 100 staff accuse BBC of bias in coverage of Israel’s war in Gaza
  • We should do what works. Entryism into Harmer's government would, in general, be a waste of time. Getting the BBC to correct this particular mistake might work, as (1) the UK has a sizeable elite Muslim population, (2) the UK, unlike the US, needs to maintain good relations with oil producers, and (3) criticising Israel and supporting Palestine is therefore much more 'acceptable'.

  • I'm sick of liberals pearl clutching over January 6th
  • The coup is when you get the army and industry onboard to the point you aren't arrested as soon as you go to bed after making that speech.

    That's a successful coup. But even an unsuccessful coup can get a lot of people killed. That's my concern. I'm not American; I don't care who sits in the White House.

  • I'd watch her anime, Luce is wholesome and making tradcaths seethe.
  • While the Latin mass bollocks is gone, Catholics are still expected to know a few Latin words, and Luce = light is one of them. So any conspiracy theorist who stirs shit over this can be safely dismissed as an ignoramus.

  • What soccer team should I support now that I live in the UK?
  • Should I just copy my wife?

    Safest option. Also please call it football, not s*****.

    Football is serious business. Wearing the wrong team jersey can get you anything from angry looks to shoves. Listen to your wife.

    In general, most football fans are working class, but some are racist or otherwise bigoted. Liverpool and Arsenal have probably the best fanbases among the big clubs.

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