[starlightandtears]

To all the teenagers following me that don’t hear it from their parents: I’m proud of you.

[notdoingmywork]

To all of the adults following me that never heard it from their parents: I’m proud of you, too.

[uppityfemale]

I say this every time I argue for raising the minimum wage. I never hear anyone else say it and I’m glad I found this.

If you build your business and your bonus on the backs of others who you don’t pay a living wage you don’t deserve to be in business.

[kittykat8311]

this is making capitalists bleed from the ears keep reblogging it

[intheicyairofnight]

Since I tend to get into this with people who argue that robots will replace minimum wage workers if they get too expensive, I like to lean into the robot metaphor.

If you have a machine performing a valuable talk for your company, the upkeep of that machine is part of your operating cost. You have to pay to power it, to upgrade it, to fix it when it breaks. And if you can’t afford the machine, the manufacturer doesn’t have to do business with you. They’re free to take their service somewhere else where they think the price is fair.

For humans, a living wage is the operating cost. If you can’t afford to pay your worker enough to live nearby, feed themselves, and get basic health care - all of which are things they need in order to be able to work for you - you’re failing to pay for the cost of their service. 

The difference is that humans have to eat, like, all the time, so they often don’t have the option of taking their business somewhere else if the price isn’t fair - even insufficient food and shelter is better then starving on the street. But that means those people are not really able to act as agents in a free market, and it’s easy to exploit them under the guise of “the market setting the price.” People can’t act like reasonable economic agents when they’re desperate. As for as I can tell, that’s the whole point of having a minimum wage. 

[glittercontusion]

Keep reblogging this, it’s making capitalists mad and reaching out to the working class

[difficult]

“Maybe sometimes, we are the ones breaking our own hearts. We walk into a situation, get attached to someone all by choice. And then we let them break our hearts, because we’re the ones who gave them the opportunity to.”

— tuesday night thoughts (via nakedly)

[dankassmemelord]

[dumdolly]

I’m sad & i want material items so i can be cured for 5 minutes 

[goodness-gracious-great-balls-of]

If your argument against gun control goes like this “what if a bad guy has a gun I need one to defend myself” then you’re already stating that a gun is a threat to the safety of those nearby. You’re tickling your ego by thinking you with your gun will be faster and smarter than the bad guy and frankly my life is not worth testing out your bullshit attitude. You already know guns are bad, you just think you with a gun is better. If they shoot you or you shoot them that’s the same number of people killed. You still believe guns are dangerous you just wanna feel cool idk what to tell you champ just stop sniffing the glue.

[chill0naperochingona]

You put this into words way better than I could have

[snartmo-deactivated20180309]

The amount of people willing to base their ideals on pretending they’re the lead character of an action movie is ridiculous.

[amphetamine-waves-deactivated20]

I crave intimacy but I get confused and uncomfortable when I’m shown even the slightest bit of attention or affection.

[buttonpoetry]

January 29th, 2009, I woke up kissing an airbag.

FROM THE VAULT! Johnny Osi - “Switchblade Masquerade” (IWPS 2014)

Performing during prelims at the 2014 Individual World Poetry Slam. HELP SUPPORT BUTTON POETRY.

(via buttonpoetry)

[yesterdaysprint]

Kentucky Superstitions, 1920

[xain-russell]

Dragon: “HALT TRAVELER! THIS BRIDGE IS UNDER MY CONTROL! PAY THE TOLL OR CROSS THIS RIVER ELSEWHERE!”

Knight: “Nay foul beast! These are the lands of men! I shall pay no such toll, and what’s more I shall slay you rid this land of your tyranny!”

Dragon: “TYRANNY!? FOOLISH MAN! THIS BRIDGE IS OVER A HUNDRED YEARS OLD AND IN DIRE NEED OF REPAIRS! THE STONES ARE ERODING AND THERE ARE TERMITES IN THE WOOD!”

Knight: “… what?”

Dragon: “I GIVE THIS BRIDGE ANOTHER FIVE YEARS BEFORE IT COLLAPSES! I’D RATHER AVOID THAT AND PREVENT SOME POOR HUMAN FROM GETTING HURT!

Knight: ”…“

Dragon: “THE TOLL IS TEN GOLD PIECES.”

Knight: “… Okay.”

Dragon: “ALSO, DOWN THE ROAD, A FRIEND OF MINE IS RAISING FUNDS TO FIX A FARMER’S ROOF! IF YOU COULD ASSIST THEM AS WELL WE’D BE VERY GRATEFUL!”

[xain-russell]

THIS FUCKING THING GOT OVER 250 NOTES IN LESS THAN A DAY WHAT THE HELL.

[solarcat]

Tumblr appreciates a good fable about the importance of tax revenue to provide civil services and maintain infrastructure.

[greelin]

like who hasn't made a deal w/ a centuries-old entity of questionable moral standing & motives

[miggsboson]

We’re all important! Never forget that.

[themochabarbie]

Deposit $1000 in my bank account & I'll send u a nude

[right]

i hope flip phones make a comeback in 2015 

[minions420]

shoutout to me for still not having my driver’s license

[tozozozo]

nobody else sees it as a failure, it’s just you

(#19) (>NOT/BUT archive)

[sirjoey-23]

What great philosophy.

[ultralaser]

never too late

[alexvaluy]