Do we have an Oregon Trail emoji? It wouldn't surprise me
Ishmael
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Fun fact: The shape is called a hyperbolic parabaloid.
He's aiming to beat Mondale's record
I put it this way: Obama led to Trump. Biden is the older whiter half of the Obama administration. Why would that not obviously lead back to Trump?
I even made this argument when I was canvassing for Bernie in 2019. Boggles my mind so many libs can't see it.
Yeah everyone thinks they're "middle class" because in the US the poor are trained to think aspirationally and the rich are trained to downplay the exploitative source of their wealth.
Citations Needed has a great episode about the phrase "middle-class". "It’s a capitalist carrot hovering over our heads telling us such things are possible if we Only Work Harder. More than anything, it's a way for politicians to gesture towards populism without the messiness of mentioning––much less centering––the poor and poverty." https://citationsneeded.libsyn.com/episode-91-its-time-to-retire-the-term-middle-class
Go full Prince and just become a symbol.
Sincerely,
The Poster Formerly Known As Ishmael