You can have your personal feelings about Yang’s politics, while also agreeing that a two party system should no longer exist in our country. I’ve debated changing my party affiliation for a while, but because you can’t vote in a primary in NYC as an independent, I stayed.
There are a lot of things that Democrats do that I absolutely disagree with. I don’t agree with funding war with billions of dollars. I don’t agree with the plan to keep oil pipelines. I don’t agree that we have given up the fight for minimum wage. Etc, etc.
I think it’s important for us to think critically. As important as it is to stop the GOP from dismantling the country more, it’s also important for us to not fall prey to the same tribal “us or them” feelings that Dems try to make you feel.
In my opinion, Democrats have failed so far. They have failed at almost every campaign promise they made, while they’re in charge of every level of the federal government right now. So what do we do? Do we stay? Keep trying to change the system from within? Or do we leave?
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I got my third tattoo yesterday! For those of you that don’t know, I have a skin disease called ichthyosis. It’s incurable. My skin gets very dry in cool/dry weather. When I was young it was really bad. I had dry, patchy, flaky skin all over my body and I hated my skin for years.
As a young kid, I thought I was half giraffe since the pattern of my condition looked like giraffe print. Giraffes have always been my favorite animal because of that. I love how unique they are, evolving to adapt to their environment, and how beautiful they look because of that.
As I’ve grown, I’ve learned to love my skin and myself because of my uniqueness, just like a giraffe. 🦒
This tattoo was done by the incredible Mikki Reeve (@/inkedbymik on Insta). I just love it.
If Broadway is struggling to fill seats, I don’t understand why they haven’t opened up a larger block of cheaper tickets for people who can’t afford a reg ticket. Wouldn’t having a full audience who bought $35 tix be better than having a half full audience that bought $200 ones?
It’s almost as if they only want to keep the seats available for the upper class and limit the amount of art that lower income people can afford to see 🤔
it always comes down to money, racism, and classism. always.