#systemic inequality

[triumph-of-adaptation]

Liberal Jane ‘24

[miiju86]

let that sink in....

[alwaysbewoke]

[macro-pulse]

ever feel like the game is rigged? (it is)

You ever just stare at your bank account and think… how?

Like, you’re doing the work. You’re grinding. You have the degree, you have the two jobs, you have the side hustle that’s supposed to be your “passion project” but is really just your “pay the electricity bill” project.

And you’re still broke.

The advice you get is always the same. “Stop buying coffee.” “Be better with money.”

It’s exhausting. And it’s a lie.

Your financial anxiety isn’t a personal failure. It’s a ghost haunting you from an era of big hair and neon leg warmers.

Let’s talk about the 80s.

Back then, a new idea took over America: Reaganomics.

The simple version? Cut taxes for the super-rich and giant corporations. The promise was that the money would “trickle down” to the rest of us.

It didn't trickle. It evaporated on its way down.

What actually happened was that wealth got sucked upwards, into a vacuum. The people at the top got richer than ever, while wages for normal people just… stopped. For forty years.

They dismantled the idea that if you work hard, you get a fair slice of the pie. They rewrote the rules to make sure the house (aka the 1%) always wins.

So, how does that connect to your empty wallet right now?

Those policies created the perfect playground for the next monster to evolve:

The Algorithm.

The gig economy. The freelance hustle. The warehouse job where a computer tracks your bathroom breaks. The delivery app that nudges your pay down, penny by penny.

That’s the ghost of the 80s wearing a tech-bro hoodie.

The system was already designed to squeeze workers. Technology just made it a thousand times more efficient.

It’s a one-two punch:

The Legacy: A system designed to funnel wealth to the top.

The Curse: An algorithm designed to automate that process.

You’re not failing a fair game. You’re playing a rigged one, and the code was written decades ago. It’s not your fault you’re tired. You were designed to be.

[fandomshatepeopleofcolor]

[thoughtportal]

[petrichoremojis]

IDs in alt

symbols for 'systemic inequality'! the arrows are meant to represent the systemic aspect of it

[sailingfireshipz]

I find it INTERESTING that Kylies reasoning for not coming to 51 is that she needed to find her own way/path at a different house to gain the respect of her peers because they were calling her mini kidd as if because she came up under Stella's wing she had a leg up or advantage.

Yet, they didn't seem to take that same approach or line of thinking when it came to Jack Damon. Damon shouldn't want to be at 51, nor getting references from his brother for admission to a course. He should want to work for it, earn it, prove to himself & others that he can earn his wings on his own merit.

The Kylie concept sort of parrales what Carver implied to Stella in 11x01. She got her promotion because of her connection to DC Hill versus the hard work she put in to earn her position. And THATS my issue with this show & its writers.

Whether it's intentional or not, it continues to feed into this narrative that the POC CHARACTERS have to prove themselves & go at alone in order to be deemed worthy of the accomplishments. (Kelly was supposed to help Stella & because a bigot at HQ thought she was getting a leg up because of her connection to Kelly he completely iced her out. Shaking her confidence, making her question everything, and ultimately telling Boden to pull her name from the list). That the moment they have someone who LOOKS like them in their corner (Stella with Kylie & DC Hill/Boden with Stella) their hard work is now invalid and their seat at the table was just given to them versus earned.

Yet non POC characters such as Sam Carver,Jack Damon & Christopher Hermann get to lean on privilege, audacity & nepotism to earn their seat at the table and NOBODY blinks a fucking eye. The same Kelly that ghosted his GF in S9 because he didn't want the brass to think she didn't "earn" it on her own. The same Kelly Severide that recused himself from trying to help find his FIANCE a permanent house in S10, is the SAME Kelly Severide that got pissy with Cruz in 13x01 when he brought up that working with a brother can be tricky. The same Kelly that lied to his WIFE to cover for Damon, a brother he hadn't even known for a 6 months, let alone a year. Same Kelly, who put in a good word for him at 20 after he got booted from 51 & threw a mini tantrum. Same Kelly, who asked Pascal to bring him back to 51, and then agreed to give a reference for that course.

It's very triggering to me because everyone's clapping as if they did something exemplary when, in reality, they didn't work nearly as hard, make nearly as many sacrifices as the likes of Kylie Estavez or Stella Kidd yet they still get to enjoy the wins. While Kylie & Stella have to continue to "prove," they deserve it that they earned it.

Kylie shouldn't be holding herself back from working at a house she literally GREW up in just because people think Stella Kidd is her saving grace. Kylie (like Stella) worked her ass off. She was in high school, doing the GOF program & working at the firehouse to help support her family due to Covid. She took the exam, she passed, and she should be allowed to be at a house that helped build out that capability in her without an implication that she got a leg up because of it.

Kelly mentioned in episode 18 that FH 20 kicked his ass but it didn't land because we didn't SEE it. Just like we didn't see Hermann putting in any effort for the captains exam but he just passed. We've seen him put no effort into being chief, yet somehow it's supposed to be some showdown between him & Pascal for the seat at the table? I can't stand Pascal, but he is a CHIEF. He makes the tough calls nobody else wants to make & he stands in them, right wrong or indifferent.

Hermann told Boden in 18 that if the white shirts were looking for a head to roll, he hoped it wasn't any of theirs. Whereas Pascal told Boden I'm coming with you because if they want someone to blame, they should see MY FACE. There's a clear distinction in both of those thought processes, and honestly, only one of them would I want leading me into a dire situation.

If you can't see or understand that concept, then I'm sorry if this offends you, but you are CHOOSING to be wilfully complicit to systemic inequality that the POC characters on this show have been put through compared to their non POC counterparts.

It bothers me that in one breath, this show can recognize, call out & bring awareness to the disparity within the CFD as it relates to POC/WOC in it yet when given the opportunity to overcome that perception they chose to reinforce it even more.

[hersheysmcboom]

Kamala Harris is destroying Palestine !!!

Huh funny, I always read that it was joe Biden doing that?

[radicalfacts]

radical facts - short feminist facts

#patriarchy

Women's unpaid Labour

Worldwide, women and girls perform 12.5 billion hours of unpaid labor every day. This work adds $10.8 trillion to the economy every year.

With this unpaid "shadow-labour" alone, women contribute as much as 6.6 percent to the global GDP.

It exceeds the combined revenue of the 50 largest companies on last year’s , including Walmart, Apple and Amazon.

(Data via Oxfam & ILO)

[only-knives]

i want justice for all disabled people. i want us to be able to live freely, to be loved, to have rights, to not be hurt and discarded. i want a better world for us all so deeply. this includes you, whether you think you deserve goodness or not. a life free of oppression is not something to be deserved in the sense of needing to do something to be worthy of it. you inherently need it. you have an inherent right to this and i am sorry we don't live in a better world. but one day we will. we have to.

[thebroccolination]

I’m not saying universal basic income could solve everything, but I am saying human beings tend to lean into scapegoating and stupidity-fueled violence when the few keep resource-hoarding from the many.

[creature-wizard]

Whats your take on people who believe that the life they live is according to the choices they took before being birthed?

I don't believe in reincarnation, or some sort of pre birth plan, still I do enjoy to see others opinions on this sometimes. Some people have a reasonable idea on this, while others try to justify every bad thing is some sort of test that once passed will make them stronger.

For some this can be empowering and make them go further, while for others it can make them feel weak and give up because why would they pick that life.

Regardless of whether it empowers or discourages any specific individual, the belief that your present life is determined by past life choices ultimately serves to justify systemic inequality and oppression. It's another form of the just-world fallacy.

[enby--ghost]

If you ever wonder why I reblog a bunch of politcal and activist stuff, but rarely say that stuff myself, it's because I'm a fucking moron who can't put my thoughts into words without contradicting myself somehow or fucking up the entire statement

The fact people find stuff I write "good" never ceases to astound and confuse me

[thoughtportal]

[religion-is-a-mental-illness]

"I see now that the circumstances of one's birth are irrelevant. It is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are." -- Mewtwo

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They need to teach Pokémon in schools rather than Critical Theory and myths about "patriarchy" and other systemic" -isms.