Megan Thomas critiques the false consciousness of accepting low wages, contrasting her $18/hour reality with the impossibility of surviving on $19 in high-cost areas where benefits are mere perks. The discussion pivots to Kevin McCloskey's analysis of right-wing Facebook pages misattributing field organizer quotes to Bernie Sanders, sparking debates over voter motivations and media silence. Ultimately, these segments expose how economic desperation and manufactured narratives distort class solidarity and political discourse. [Automatically generated summary]
Burt Macklin, yeah, said, a lot of billionaires were born in our country were born into extreme wealth, and Megan Thomas replies, and does that hurt your feelings?
Because I could care less.
It affects me in no way!
I still go to work every day and do my job and get paid what I'm worth.
Plain and simple.
If I think I deserve more, I negotiate or find another job.
But will I find one with better benefits?
Thinky face.
Thinky face.
Probably not.
So why the fuck would I waste my time bitching about how much money somebody else makes when I'm doing perfectly fine at my job with the money I make?
People like Kimberly, I don't know who Kimberly is, kill me.
Always hating on successful people.
Grow the fuck up.
Don't fucking worry about how much Jeff Bezos makes.
And I can't believe like we haven't really addressed this specific point on this show before, but this is like a very anti-working class point.
You only make the money that you're worth.
We exist in a meritocracy.
If you want to make more money, find a better job.
Better yourself.
Learn new skills.
Go buy that new skills wallet.
Better yourself.
But just this comment in particular, I think, lays out the False consciousness and like American... the weirdo like bootlickery that happens in America so well.
It calls itself out.
Yes, it does.
It calls itself out.
She is saying...
I go to work every day and do my job and get paid what I'm worth.
I do not deserve anything more than what I am currently making.
This is what I am worth.
$18 an hour is all my life is worth.
I'm being generous in saying Megan makes $18 an hour because she is so fucking high and mighty in this comment section.
If I think I deserve more, I negotiate or find another job.
But she hasn't done that, so she does not think she is worth more than what she is currently making.
Which would be presumptuous if she didn't clarify that in the next sentence.
But will I find one with better benefits?
Probably not.
Probably not.
Because I'm not worth better benefits, and I've come to accept that.
And that's the whole thing.
A lot of the American middle class does not work in benefits to their full package.
A lot of people are out there saying, like, listen, I make $19 an hour.
I don't have benefits.
I work 33 hours a week, but I make $19 an hour, so therefore I'm good.
Which, by the way, in a lot of America is fantastic, but where I'm from?
Where I live currently, you cannot rent a one-bedroom apartment or a studio apartment with that rent at all.
No, no.
And you sure as shit can't afford healthcare.
Nope, none of those perks.
They're perks.
They're calling benefits here, but they're called perks.
You know?
Yeah.
I just love, like, she is laying it bare.
No!
If I thought I was worth more money, like, I would go try and get a better job.
Kevin, so more specifically on the subject of like epic leftist gulag talk, Kevin McCloskey said about like, oh, this is what all Bernie Sanders supporters think.
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This is like what Bernie Sanders himself thinks.
A lot of right-wing Facebook pages were posting the quotes from this field organizer.
And not attributing them to a field organizer, but just posting the quotes and then posting an article where the thumbnail was Bernie Sanders talking into a microphone?
Yep, yep.
And every single person in the comment section was like, why would people vote for him if he says these things?
God, how is the media not covering him saying this?