Nah we can shift money around from elsewhere - maybe blow up a few less kids in the Middle East and use the money we save on missiles.

Can't vouch for the driving one,but the housing one is true.

The coal region is also perpetually about 30 years behind in just about everything urban areas offer.

This is a strike, not an attempt to organize.

It is not.

The cost of living is low because you get what you pay for.

 
There is absolutely no reason for anyone to move to the coal region.

Seems like OP needs to vent and seeks comrades.

That’s a pretty specific Venn diagram

My personal opinion?

There are crappy people everywhere and nice people everywhere.

I learned in school about what is bad about stereotyping.

Do not under any circumstances move to Pottsville, or anywhere else in Schuylkill County.

Retaliation against workers attempting to organize is illegal under federal labor law.

Federal law says otherwise.

It's also illegal for Temple to retaliate against them for organizing.

Voter ID is already required. This meme that anyone can register and just roll into a poling place and vote without ID is a lie.

 
> Why does it take 2 days to count votes?

 
Wait until you hear how long it took to count votes historically.

Today's kayfabe is tomorrow's sincerely held belief.

> This is a really narrow take on the use of the term Nazi. Many of the actions of the current GOP bear a striking resemblance to the policies of fascism.

You know this take is wrong.

The East German Stasi labeled your neighbors fascist to justify use of state power to oppress the people. It is always the same.

The frame is wrong. Democrats get the same label when they speak out of turn about policy they disagree with. Meanwhile policy is indistinguishable from the worst roll-up of power that took place under Bush-Cheney.

There's a fascist in the room. It's the one holding the power to send law enforcement to your door, close your bank and social media accounts, and have Gawker-tier Inquisition harass your neighbors and friends while calling you the Nazi. Your family and friends and neighbors are good people. The ones who will stand next to you when misfortune strikes. Stand in the way to protect you from that same inquisition.

The correct frame is top-down authoritarianism vs whether the taxpaying public get a voice. The bounds of that conflict overlap all partisan orientations.

Must be a Democratic app

If you live in the nicer neighborhoods northwest of downtown or in a neighborhood that's not actually part of the city proper then you are unlikely to see or hear anything.

If you’re basing your memory on a random YouTube compilation of smash cut out of context video clips (seriously a bunch of those are SNL clips, you do know what SNL is right? And was that the former Mexican president???) then I can see how your memory became inaccurate.

Fun fact: I voted by mail in Luzerne County and my vote was never counted ( still pending 🙄)

Nope. The only person who cried about voter fraud in 2016.

When Trump started crying about fraud before the election in 2020, didn't it seem familiar to you at all?

They don't require registration ahead of time.

If you weren't complaining about voter ID, you would just come up with another excuse for why you think elections you lose are illegitimate.

Lol.

Contact your bank