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Such a sad era we live in.

Federal funding has been drastically cut or completely eradicated for necessary social services.

The intentions were to have the states take care of this, but they were given no time, no warning and no plans of potential actions to do so.

Now, we are forming charities just to provide food for kids, medical care for the unemployed, homes for the homeless, and all the other social services that are not just desperately needed, but have been severely underfunded for decades.

Meanwhile, no one wants to tax the rich to pay for these services, no one wants to pay higher taxes, or any taxes for that matter, to cover these extremely necessary social services, and no one has spare money to donate because of the inflation and tarrifs adding to their financial pains.

Let's quit relying on outside things like charities and government to provide social services and create strong communities that encompass people who provide all those services with equity. Becuase it's obvious no one is coming to our rescue. We have to rescue each other.
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CountScrofula · 41-45, M
Let's quit relying on outside things like charities and government to provide social services and create strong communities that encompass people who provide all those services with equity. Becuase it's obvious no one is coming to our rescue. We have to rescue each other.

This is such an important thing to underline here. Nobody is coming to save you. So team up and work together. Build something beautiful because they will not do it for you.
FoxyQueen · 51-55, F
@CountScrofula I think, thanks to things like social media, fear of crime, fear of others, fear of lazy people, fear of others using other people, we have made it nearly impossible to create community like we used to.

I see so many people of all different ages saying online, "I don't have friends!" but they also aren't always looking beyond online for face to face friends because of whatever reasons. They have unlearned how to be friends. And making friends in real life means literally going up to people in social situations and just talking to them.

We knew how to do it as kids.why don't we do this as adults? Why did we stop talking to people and consider them friends once we vibed?

Do I consider everyone I talk to a friend? No, but I also don't consider them not potential friends.

We have truly forgotten how to socialize with one another beyond words on a screen. We are very much Wall-E people.