#conservatives are bad with money
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Conservative politics are never about saving money or actually reducing government spending. It's about ensuring that nobody who "doesn't deserve" that money/spending get's it.
And who "deserves it" is nebulously defined if at all, but chances are you're not it.
I made something for your "fiscally conservative" transphobic family members, enjoy
#even if you're middle class a'd white#conservative politics have pushed hundreds of middle class politics into financial difficulties and even poverty#they don't care about us.#and that is a very large us#politics#conservatives are bad with money
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if you talk to the average conservative voter, they'll always talk about their conservative representative with unabashed enthusiasm. "this guy is supporting my rights!!!!!" even when the representative is very much not supporting their voting constituents' rights in some cases (ie. poor white ppl not realizing they're getting poorer because of their representative)
and I bet that's why conservative candidates are so good at winning. any person listening to their voters only gets a great impression of the candidate.
and if you talk to the average liberal/leftist voter, they all hem and haw. "oh yeah, I voted for them but they're Okay, they're Disappointing. they haven't done this. they haven't done that." and I bet if you fucking pressed them to state some Good Beneficial Legislation they've passed, either the voter 1. can't name any, or 2. has to attach caveats. ("yeah biden passed student loan forgiveness BUT not ALL loans were forgiven")
why aren't we ever excited about incremental progress. why aren't we cheering to the sky about every win. maybe more people would vote if there was genuine excitement, the same type of excitement that conservative voters seem to have about anything labeled "conservative".
I'm just so fucking tired of hearing ppl be like "I'm just disillusioned with my leftist representative" EVERY TIME but are DEAD SILENT on the small victories, the progress. conservatives know how to do this, and that's why they build momentum into the next election. why does this seem impossible for the other side.
#new rule: if you're gonna say smth bad about your leftist representative#you have to first name one good legislation they passed before doing so#I'll go first. trudeau sucks. but trudeau & the ndp abolished interest on canadian student loans#he's expanding the canadian pension plan!! so workers have more money at retirement!!#him and the ndp are pushing a dental care insurance coverage!!!!!!#he's trying to get through a 10 dollar day care plan for families!!!!!#SORRY BUT ALL OF THESE THINGS ARE GOOD and they're ONLY HAPPENING because the ndp can push him left#the conservative candidate will never let that happen AND wants to take away abortion rights#so lets all fucking grow up and open a news website and start celebrating the small victories that may lead to huge ones#mika rambles on
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As a side note I think what makes Succession such an excellent critique of capitalism is how it handles the idea of meritocracy. It's very easy to imagine conservatives (especially wealthy conservatives) as Scrooge McDuck kind of figures who really just want whatever brings in the most money. But the truth is that most of them are deeply, deeply invested in the belief that capitalism is a meritocracy, and that their own success is the result of hard work and others' failure is the result of personal failings. They are so invested in this idea that they will go to amazing lengths to reinterpret any piece of information that challenges it. Succession does a really, really good job of depicting that conviction, and depicting it so well that the audience will be occasionally sucked into it, before slapping you in the face with the utter pathetic incompetency of these people who are essentially running America.
I think that's one of the things that really sets it above a lot of other 'eat the rich' type movies that write their wealthy characters with more of a Scrooge McDuck mindset. Personally, I think any good critique is written so that the critiqued party can see themselves in the story. They may not accept the critique, but if it's good and it's accurate there will be a character they recognize as themselves. No conservative is going to see themselves in Miles Bron, a man who is clearly out of his depth and incompetent and stealing other people's ideas, or the rich people from Squid Game, who insist on 'levelling the playing field' through random chance. But they DO see themselves in characters like Tom Wamsbgans and Kendall Roy (hence why an army of reddit bros turn out to defend their every move), and I think that's what gives Succession's critique a fighting chance of actually landing with the people who need to hear it
#fun fact most conservatives think squid game is a critique of communism#which yeah is at least in part a massive failure of media literacy#but I think the fact that the wealthy are so caricatured and unrealistic - and the games stop being at all meritorious so quickly - really#don't help#if you aren't at least needling conservatives then all you're doing is making a point to an audience that already gets it#also this is why good critiques are so widely misunderstood#for instance. 1984#they're nuanced and they have to be!!#if you depict the wealthy as cartoon villains then when people encounter real wealthy people who are not cartoon villains and instead#have complex views on the relationship between money and work that boil down to the idea that the world is a meritocracy but do it in a way#that sound reasonable and realistic to those who don't know any better#everyone goes well idk what glass onion is going on about. elon musk has all these great ideas about working hard and productivity and#rewarding people who do well he can't be all that bad#and completely miss the fact that he's operating under a total misapprehension of the world
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Every time you try to define something out of being art I hit you with a shovel.
#unfortunately marvel movies cannot be argued to not be art 😔#now. can we say that they’re often lazy rely too much on overworked special effects teams often lack character writing and are propaganda +#for the military? undoubtedly!#but you can just Say That instead of clinging to some ideal of Art as some holy thing never motivated by money#the sistine chapel was a commission. a lot of things were#are you going to say they’re not art#and people will make things for both love and money#it’s just. grinds my teeth. just say it’s bad rather than appealing to a famously conservative strategy
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My older brother and I are going to Japan next week as a belated 30th birthday trip for him, and a graduate school graduation trip for me. We’ve been planning this trip for a while now (he’s been planning it for years, I’ve been planning it for about a year-ish), so it’s surreal to think it’s almost here.
As part of the trip, I really wanted to try a Lolita style dress (and yes, the name is unfortunate, but it’s the name of the style I believe) while there, so I’ve spent the last month or so curating this outfit, and while I have mixed feelings on it (see my non-post from earlier), I am cautiously optimistic about the whole thing. I’ve spent a lot of time, effort, and not an insubstantial amount of money on this outfit. I actually decorated the shoes myself and fully created the little wrist cuff things (which are not attached to the shrug, by the by. It’s like a bracelet more than anything), which I’m kinda proud of. :-)
Also, yes, that is a wig I’m wearing, ha. It’s on top of my regular hair and I think it looks… okay? I kinda like it. It’s a very pale lavender and I think it’s pretty. You can’t see the bow on the back of the wig from this angle, but there is a pink and purple long hair bow with butterflies back there. :-)
#Personal post#GPOY#lolita fashion#lolita style#Kinda#I tried to be conservative with my money but went a bit over with this dress#It prolly cost about… $150-$200 in total?#But many parts of it can be used for other things and outfits so I didn’t feel too bad spending that money
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"zoos are nothing more than revenue-generating organizations designed to keep the turnstiles rotating"
Yeah, you can really tell this by how one of the most common complaints from zoo guests is basically "the zoo cares about the animals too much"
#there are bad zoos of course#and bad practices even from accredited zoos#and the different accreditation organizations are varying in how good their standards are#but this is such a funny sentence to see when i witness the opposite firsthand#my zoo has prioritized animal welfare over guest satisfaction multiple times#and one of the most basic complaints i see all the time and not just about my zoo is#''the zoo doesn't force the animals to be outside/on exhibit if they don't want to be''#so there's already a base line across most zoos of giving a choice to their animals that results in unsatisfied guests#it can be a fine nuanced line because zoos do need that income#but the thing is the VAST MAJORITY of that money goes right back to caring for the animals#and then outside of that a further portion of the money is often going to conservation efforts in the wild#because zoos have evolved from purely entertainment venues into scientific organizations that are directly involved in conservation work#zoos aren't exactly where the money's at#(disclaimer that i've mainly used ''zoos'' here only meaning accredited zoos and am talking in a general sense)
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#I am. CONSIDERING going to college but I'm really bad at school and I don't want to spend a bunch of time effort and money#just to like. drop out#for context thinking about going for art and/or smth conservation related like biology or ecology#I BARELY graduated high school and struggled through my entire public school experience so...#ghost posts#poll
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i did just spend so much money on things i needed for sure but i still feel so guilty about spending anything . eeeeegh
#i have such bad brain worms about spending money right now#i'm trying to be chill about it while also not spending so so much all at once#i'm going to be funemployed for three weeks so i gotta be conservative with it
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I do not trust anyone who does not have a good relationship with their partner(s) and/or child(ren). Especially if they’re in any position of authority. How about you get your own house in order before you try being in charge elsewhere?
Anyway I just watched Succession last night with my husband and I don’t understand how Shiv and Tom have such a toxic marriage. If Shiv’s so smart and savvy, why is she so bad at manipulating Tom? He is such a simple little man! Tell him you love him and ask after his winery and hide your affairs better! Put some more fondness in your tone when you’re being condescending to/about him! Hint that you have mysterious and better plans for his future after you imply that he’s going to be let go from his job! He never would have betrayed you if you were actually good at playing the game and didn’t make him question his security as your spouse! He already wants to kneel at your feet and eat out of your hand so let him and tell him good boy once in a while!
#relationships#adulting#my husband says this makes me ultra-conservative#apparently I sound like a tradcatch mafia don#but if your management skills suck at home#they’re probably gonna suck at the office#and if you’re awesome at the office#why don’t you apply some of those skills and methods at home#or do some fucking work and figure it all out#I judge aromantic and asexual people by completely different ultra-conservative social stereotypes#don’t worry I’m not excluding or erasing anyone#succession#honestly all of them have shitty marriages#and bad relationships with their kids#the breakdown of the family is responsible for unchecked corporate greed and late-stage capitalism#go fill that cavity where your soul is with some meaningful social bonds instead of money#I am very concerned with the breakdown of the American family#but unlike right-wing Americans#I’m not an idiot so I know it’s not because of atheists and LGBT people#it’s because people who didn’t get their own house in order are in charge of the rest of us#and they hate their families and never want to spend time with them#and so they don’t let us spend any time with our families#and that’s why we don’t have federally mandated paid parental and caregiver’s leave
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man the violent cognitive dissonance between "I need to do everything in my power to get out of this house because my abusive fathers mental health is clearly declining which will make things Worse" vs "If I take advantage of my moms offers to help me get the fuck out of here I am Abusing My Class Privilege And Therefore Should Suffer The Fate Of Die"
#vent#vent post#growing up on the progressive internet did a lot of good things for me but fuck am I terrified to touch any resource I have gained unfairly#literally my brain thinks someones gonna come into my askbox like#''everything wrong with your life is a farce because your mom has money''#she doesnt even have like rich people amounts of money she has like unionized work with a powerful union money#so its not even ''bad'' money necessarily#and every time I try to voice how my brain panic scrambles about privelege Im like ''oh god what if people think Im conservative about it''#Im not I just have extreme social paranoia and get very irrational about things people talk strongly about#like to the point where I saw like a post talking about progressive white girls trusting the cops too much and went ''oh god Im Like That''#girl (Im girl) you go into a freeze response over interacting with fucking mall security theyre not even Real Cops
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ST Twitter stays insane...
#noah isn't a nepo baby just because he comes from an upper middle class family... he'd have to have parents or close relatives in#the entertainment industry to be considered one#also they were dragging him for being a millionare... while being hardcore mbb stans...#millie is also a millionaire??? she's been in more projects and probably gets paid more than him bc she's the protagonist and she has a#skin care line so she probably has even more money than him???#and they're still trying the 'hes republican card' bc the college he goes to is the same place tr*mp went to apparently???#that doesn't mean he's a conservative... that are good ppl and bad ppl in every institution#also hes jewish and gay... why would he back up a political party that wants him dead??
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I wonder if a really dedicated collection of book nerds could get those Elaine Duillo style cover illustrations a foothold in the publishing industry again. There are certainly enough artists who can achieve that level of intricacy that a really really popular Trend might be able to do it.
Perhaps any of those bookbinding hobbyists might want to try to go pro and pair up with an artist to refurbish something well enough to hook the really rich art snobs into buying unique, custom pieces for a fuckton of money.
#ignore Morg#It would need to be a book that's extremely popular but too new to really be getting special collector's editions#someone *really* fast might be able to pull it off with a copy of Wicked#I don't know the exact legal situation for selling refurbished books but I think at most you'd need a deal with a used bookseller to be saf#Donating some custom pieces to libraries might garner interest as well#I know that there's usually going to be a subset of hobbyists that at least want to try going professional#and I think this would be both really funny and really good for the economy if it worked and became a Thing#because there's nothing the corpos love more than a trend#and pulling any of them away from the race to the bottom is a very good thing#if nothing else putting artists in a more favorable position will get circulation up and that's the thing that's really good#because the same money is then benefiting many more people#Like. I am a biologist not an economist but I know enough about the subject to understand#that the people cooking the metaphorical pizza are doing a bad job.#It tastes wrong. And different methods are necessary to make a better one.#social issues#kind of#It's clear that social progress going forward is likely going to rely on convincing people who know fuckall about politics#with arguments about the economy. which would likely be best accomplished by pushing circulation HARD as a metric#and using the income of artists as a measure of economic health. Because the fuckalls are only going to listen to the mystical *economyyyyy#Like a fucking oracle or something#So pushing circulation as an easy-to-understand concept and doing it harder than the conservatives do the ''trickle down'' shtick#is probably the best move in general#Hell the argument even flows well with surface logic -#- do you just want a trickle getting through or do you want the whole system circulating? Make it a metaphor about meemaw's heart#I am fucking rambling in the tags but as bad as I am at actually talking to people I am pretty good at picking approaches through writing#So if anyone more persuasive than me wants to start working that angle I would be THRILLED
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it's hilarious that the conservatives always complain about and accuse poor/disabled/unprivileged/etc people who just want to survive of being lazy and say we just wanting free handouts and money and stuff given to us so we don't have to work. for some reason, they think being able to start on a more even field as them means we will become lazy and stop working.
sounds like projection and admitting to something to me.
because 100% of conservatives i've known and talked to all regularly talk about wanting to win the lottery so they don't have to work anymore or become a CEO/business owner to force other people to do all their work and make them money while they sit back and watch. they take most of the money, go on vacations, buy fancy vacation homes, buy luxury things, and do whatever they want while barely paying the workers and doing minimal or none of the work themselves.
so, who's the actual lazy ones?!
honestly, the fact that many of them STILL have to work despite being privileged should clue them in on the fact that us getting help to start on more equal footing, or to prevent us from literally dying, means we also will still have to work. we aren't going to magically become rich from a little bit of disability money while doing minimum wage part-time jobs. if we are lucky, we will just be able to afford food that doesn't make us sick, doctor bills, medications, and other necessary things no one should be struggling to get. maybe a small apartment on our own if we are extra lucky, but that's very unlikely. if we want more than the necessities, we would still have to work more! maybe even still more and harder than the privileged conservatives! but many of us still would never be able to get more than what's needed, even if working and getting some "free handouts" so I genuinely don't understand conservatives complaints and false assumptions.
#i want to work. just not this boring job ive been stuck at that literally harming my body. but im “lazy” for saying that i want help#because im disabled and no one will hire me. so im stuck working for my aunt and her husband while they take 5 vacations a year#and my uncle owns the business my dad works for. takes a vacation once a month. has vacation home and luxury stuff#my dad hasnt had a vacation in the 40+ years hes worked for him because hes not allowed as the main worker who does 75% of the work#“if we help you thenwe get less and dont want you stealing our privilege!”-conservatives if they were honest and stopped lying with excuses#my dad is also conservative and you think he'd understand a little more how bad this conservative money obsession mentality is#but nope. theyre ALL brainwashed to think thry will all become billionaires one day if they “work hard enough” and they all die without it#lee rambles#yeah i know. NO one wants to actually work. but they are the worst of the bunch. they have the “good” jobs and still complain#while everyone struggling to survive isnt allowed to complain at all according to them. and especially not allowed to get help#(i want to work a job i enjoy that i camt because of disability discrimination yet im lazy for even that apparently because they#“work harder than me” LOL yeah ok let me see you work my life with my disabilities without complaining and actually make it in life. go.#i bet they cant do it and wouldnt be able to live with thensleves lmao)
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No offence but I feel like some people got a little too comfortable with telling people to touch grass and swung all the way round to just straight up shaming anyone who might have a less active social life than them to feel better about themselves. “She should be at the club” was a really funny meme until people started acting like fucking middle school bullies towards people who don’t go out with their friends a lot. All those drinking/drugs/sex milestone polls were fun to engage with until it became a wierd circlejerk making fun of people who haven’t done those things before. People on twitter are once again dogpiling someone for wanting queer social spaces that don’t revolve around alcohol or loud music and telling them it’s their own fault for not having friends.
Like I get that nightclubs and sex have strong ties to queer culture and are often the first targets in the hellscape of respectability politics. It’s important we remember our roots and protect these spaces from conservative scrutiny. I mean that. They are important. But just on a surface level it seems like people are starting to see having an inactive social life as some kind of moral failing which…it’s not. I feel like an insane person for feeling like I have to say this on the fucking queer autism website but like. You aren’t inherently a bad person if you don’t have friends. You aren’t “falling behind” if you haven’t had your first kiss in your 20s or never done drugs. The real world isn’t a movie. And if you see someone who doesn’t go out much and instinctually think “wow what a terminally online loser. I bet their social life sucks because they’re a sheltered creep and not because of systemic barriers beyond their control” you need to have a long hard look at why you feel that way.
There are very real barriers that prevent isolated people from finding community and connection. Do you think you’re superior for being able to breach them? Time, money, sobriety, accessibility, none of those factors were a problem for you, so it shouldn’t be for them, right? Right?
#the wider issue is that there are little to no social spaces that don’t charge you to be there anymore#capitalism has all but eradicated the third space
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carve a zombie into your desk with your pocket knife . its good for you
#it's my desk i bought with my money two years ago . i can scratch it up if i damn well please#my art#i guess .#doing an assignment for my sibling learning about how bad the economy was tanking when i was 10yrs old#learning how it seems to have kickstarted this godawful conservative spiral we're sliding down into .#carving images into wood with wild abandon great stress relief
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I really shot myself in the foot by picking up old people hobbies in my childhood
#Don’t get me wrong. I love and respect people over the age of 65#it’s just hard to be myself with old folks? Like 97.5% of them Do Not Get It#(‘It’ being queer/trans)#But now every time I complain about not having many IRL friends my parents are like ‘just join a knitting club’#Listen. Do you hear yourself. I am 24 not 70. The only knitting clubs in my are that I’m aware of are either full of retired widows#or bored conservative SAHMs. neither of which are really my prime friendship demographic#I WANT A NEW HOBBY SO BAD BUT MONEY#I WANT TO FEEL THE JOY OF CREATING AND EXPRESSING ONESSELF WITH PEERS
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