• squiblet@kbin.social
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    6 months ago

    Dickens is pretty brutal about greedy capitalist scum, really, with the story of Tiny Tim, fileting one bean, dying from lack of health care - and somehow it became iconic to the season while the vast majority of people seem to have missed the point.

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    6 months ago

    I’m so poor this year I want Santa to bring me coal so I can heat my room!

    It’s not really that bad - but I still support these ghosts.

  • Evil_Shrubbery@lemm.ee
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    6 months ago

    Relying on the supernatural to get a bit less exploited instead of seizing the means of Christmas ghosts magic & forcing equity.

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    6 months ago

    Image Transcription: Twitter Post


    Dana Schwartz, @DanaSchwartzzz

    I feel like this holiday season, it’s important to remind people of the true meaning of christmas: ghosts terrorizing rich people in the middle of the night until they agree to pay their employees more