this is my favorite version of that meme btw

There's a very weird but common misconception that people on disability benefits are somehow a "drain on the economy." But 100% of that money will be spent, on things like rent, mortgage, insurance, food, clothing, and so on. That's money that immediately goes to business owners and, if those business owners aren't hoarding wealth, will cycle through the rest of the economy.Drains on the economy are where money stops moving, like, for example, when it reaches wealthy billionaires.

@amydentata that I can give them a pass on as long as they criticize them for hypocrisy enoughWe need some news sources not to be critical of populists directly --- otherwise, their followers will be forever locked in a political cult.

@amydentata @b2c Would "an Amiga, running a fedi client on m68k Debian" be the zeroth most masto response?

@amydentata embrace and <dalek>EXTERMINATE</dalek>