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Are you a communist? Because I really like your blog and don’t want to block you but

vaspider:

hypoallergeniccuddles:

vaspider:

I believe that capitalism is an inherently broken system that preys upon the working class for the benefit of a class that produces little to nothing, that labour is entitled to all it creates, that the revolution of the working class is inevitable, and that Stalin was a genocidal maniac and the USSR was broken and exploitative, too.

I came to these views about capitalism and class because I come from coal-mining Appalachian roots, and I worked in the financial sector from 2007-2017, in 3 different banks and a mortgage company that went through 3 owners while I worked for it. I’ve seen from the inside how irredeemably broken capitalism is, and believe that everyone deserves a safe home, quality clothing, nutritious food, thorough medical care and fulfilling community without regard to whether or not they produce goods which capitalism values, because I believe every human being has inherent worth regardless of what they produce.

So, like, yes, I’m somewhere on the socialist/communist/Marxist/Eugene Debs/“Jeff Bezos is a monster” spectrum. I don’t ascribe to a particular label for my economic views, in all truth, though I will flippantly refer to myself as a “commie pinko Jew” because I prefer to take all the things people call me to be mean or degrading and shower them in the air around me like sarcastic confetti.

If you feel you need to block me for those beliefs for whatever reason, you do that.

I was less leftist until I got sick. Being disabled and thus a ‘burden’ for the unthinkable sin of having biology betray you changes your perspective pretty radically. I should live a life of misery and penury because…?

I was already veering hard left before I got sick. That scraped the last bits of “capitalism might be ok, we can fix it” out of me.

The older I get, the left-er I get, and if I wasn’t already convinced that for-profit health care was evil (having lived with T1 diabetes for the past 20 years), working for a pharmacy call center and seeing the cash price of medications that people live in order to stay alive would finish pushing me to the left. They charge semesters worth of college for 3 months of trying not to die.

Alabama, where Republicans try to out Trump-fan, gun-fan, anti-abortion-fan, out Bible-thump, and out White Conservative each other, and where one douchecanoe is bold enough to brag about being prepared to fight/fighting against “so-called ‘transgender’ rights.”

Dude totally threw that in because 1) folks are trying to get the gender markers on AL drivers licenses changeable easier and 2) shithead probably realized it’s Pride month.

One of the hazards of being your own barber is that you can get really close to accidentally creating a bald spot.

Which leads to the “too close trim?”/“is hair actually thinning?” With a side order of “is it my dang work headset?”

I also worry about thinning hair at the forehead hairline, but I think most of that is that my hair is very fine but also abundant.

My hair is one the few things I am vain about, lol. But thinned-out-spot-on-top-of-head aside, I’m super happy with my self-provided hairstyle.

If you’re personal phone call is going to make you feel the need to basically yell at the person on the other end, take your call out of the break room and out onto the patio where you won’t be so loud that people can’t escape your negative convo.