And over time I've come to realize that that's ultimately the point.
This need to assign revolutionary qualities to stuff that they like just allows them to convince themselves that moves towards justice are being made, without having to be in reality and actually do anything.
no matter how much ppl try to delude themselves, americana imagery will always be fascist, imperialist, genocidal propaganda. and irdgaf what anyone has to say about it.
Paper straws are symbolic of many reformist issues. Liberals pushed them as an ineffective way of dealing with plastic pollution, conservatives hated them for dumb reasons, and the ruling class who’s actually causing the most pollution gets to shift blame on the consumer
11 months ago the Los Angeles area got a year's worth of rain and faced life-threatening flooding and mudslides now it's on fire after its driest start to a water year on record. These are the increasing extremes of a warming world.
there are going to be a lot of housekeepers, gardeners, nannies, other house staff etc in need of financial relief in the coming weeks/months. this city often overlooks them and it can be tough bc a lot of the work might be “unofficial” (like cash only) but we can’t forget them