The latest installment of “The Internet Explodes with Hatred for Hillary Clinton” happened earlier this month. The Democratic presidential candidate, whose own record on AIDS research and funding is better than any other candidate, mistakenly said that former US first lady Nancy Reagan was a key supporter of AIDS research. Reagan was, in reality,
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I've been looking for those words. Thank you.
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Secondly ugggh any time I start to see "that's privilege speaking!!" I start cringing inwardly. There's a reason Trump and Sanders both tend to appeal to very low-income people and it is because economic privilege is so rarely, rarely involved in conversations. And economic privilege tends to have a MUCH bigger impact on your life than many things.
It's terrible that our system is so broken that it only comes down to two candidates and "the lesser of two evils." That's not me being anti-Clinton; it's that whatever happens it's a given that economic privilege will not be addressed.
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- a woman who has way more income is able to travel more and travel farther so they do not have to worry about statewide abortion restrictions. Additionally a higher income woman is likely to afford better birth control
- a trans man or womam with disposable income is more likely to afford treatment like Caitlin Jenner and is more likely to afford whatever additional medical costs are incurred.
- a higher income PoC is more likely to afford a better neighborhood thus they are able to avoid gun violence that afftects poorer communities
- people who have been wronged with income have better legal resources
So rhere are always hurdles but economic privilege is a huge help
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Maybe it's less to do with false "voting for the lesser of two evils" thing that gets me and less "privilege". Though admittedly my problem is with the "I'd rather it burn to the ground than have Hillary win" crowd who come across as whiny spoiled shits lashing out cause they didn't get their way. I don't think either Sanders or Clinton are anywhere near the GOP, in fact they match up on like 90+% on issues.
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I honestly wish Sanders would campaign for local candidates alongside his own campaign. It would really help 'start his revolution' but I fear his campaign is incredibly mismanaged.
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