This went over my head entirely, can you explain what I assume is a fine meme
the Overton window is a concept that politicians only do what is “acceptable”, if you push further and further in a direction, things that were considered unacceptable in one epoch are now considered acceptable in another.
In the meme the Overton window is drifting extremely right extremely quickly (illustrated by the car) - implying that things that were unacceptably too far right are now considered more acceptable
The spectrum is quite rellative. I live in a country where our right, would probably be called socialists if not communists in the US.
I mean it’s sort of… in the United States it’s less that our “right-wing” politicians hold particular positions and values, and more that they are committed to destroying the concept of government and undermining everything that constitutes a government. I think at this point even they don’t know why they’re doing it. Republicans represent the party of self-destruction and Democrats represent the party of “government should exist, but beyond that we don’t care much.”
Meanwhile the actual body politic of the American people, if you actually ask them, mostly support things far to the left of Democrats.
So… that’s a yes then.
What I hate is there’s purely selfish reasons to help too.
People with nothing to lose, tend to act like they have nothing left to lose.
And that’s usually bad for society
This is the messaging that we, as the left, fail to get across. Multiracial, multiethnic, international cooperation is good and has knock on effects for everyone.
But those words can’t overcome primal fear and greed.
It’s dependent on what you’re actually saying. 600 people a year in the US starve, it’s not exactly widespread in a country of 400M+. I’ve literally never met a person in my life in favor of letting people starve.
“Starving” and “Starved to Death” are different things. It seems you are only counting actively dead people. “Starving” doesn’t have to be fatal if corrected in time.
13% of U.S. households are considered food insecure though. I’ve met plenty of people that argue for abolishing social programs, and quote the Bible about “if you don’t work, you don’t eat” or something like that.
