President Biden's announcement today about student loan debt relief has upset some people who believe it's unfair. I acknowledge that resentment, and also, while we're on the subject of unfairness, I have some thoughts for your consideration. (thread)
Jesus Christ. Congressional staffers getting arrested for asking their bosses to do literally anything about climate change. We're running headlong towards collapse.
Maybe the craziest thing about this year's proposed budget for NYC is that they're planning to give $11.2 billion dollars to the police, but cut $1 billion from housing and $1 billion from education. They're literally taking money from our core needs and giving it to the cops.
“If we continue to raise expectations because we are afraid to tell people the hard truths about politics, we will end up distracting them from the existential threat facing our country.”