Thread by @OwenMacdonald8

Capitalism, where human rights are binned off for increased profits

It's not enough that needless poverty in a world of staggering wealth exists, the fact that impoverished kids have one of the only secure parts of their life stripped from them for a capitalist's fortune is vile

https://twitter.com/smartdissent/status/1179170404511997953

The right wing political mindset is poison, literally lethal for everyone and everything on the planet, to the point that actual people had to look at the consequences of ending already poor policies designed to feed children with numerous needs, and go ahead with it anyway

I work with children. The routine of school life is often one of the only stable components of their life, for reasons ranging from chaotic households to outright abuse. Lunchtime may well be the only place they get to eat food - vital for young children - in peace.

Disgusting

For any child, having a balanced diet is vital to their development; cognitive, emotional, physical, you need nutrition for everything.

If children are deprived of this from their parents, we consider them abused and neglected.

Why is this any different for this situation?

Ultimately, this decision will lead to harsher outcomes for children - some will go hungry, some will face tougher times at home as families have weaker finances, some will even face blame and scorn for being a "burden" on the family moneypot.

Some will even end up dead.

And ultimately, that's the story of us all under capitalism - our lives are treated as business ventures and economic shortcuts, our rights sidelined and commodified for profit, our happiness and wellbeing not even considered as billionaires seek another zero for their revenues.

The repulsive actions of the Trump administration are the standard proceedings for right wing politicians, the natural turn of events for a capitalist state; if we are to truly divorce ourselves from seeing children lose the basic right to food, this process must be ended

After all, poverty itself is a consequence of economic disparity, an inequality and injustice directly fuelled by a system that thrives through the exploitation of others. Without millions in abject poverty, and billions more threatened by it, how do the rich sustain their $$$?

For any human being to live with the threat of basic amenities being taken from them in our modern world, let alone children actually living in and dying from it, is a disgrace.

The fault is entirely of right wing politics, and the solution lies entirely apart from them.

Our anger towards such barbaric policies should never cease, which in turn means our fury at the capitalist system that perpetuates such atrocities shouldn't either.

Trump is one face of a monstrous system, one that's only weaknesses lies in left wing action.