Cairsten
@cairsten.bsky.social
She/her. Mother, dreamer, yearner for warm asphalt roads under crisp moonlit skies, dabbler in fractal art and writing, proto-midwife, Tante in training. Caribbean child, twice an immigrant, now at home in Australia.
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Think about how much money and effort means testing costs versus giving money no strings attached, etc.
Cruelty *inherently* costs more than kindness. The cruel solution will always be inefficient.
Cruelty *inherently* costs more than kindness. The cruel solution will always be inefficient.
February 18, 2025 at 8:41 AM
Think about how much money and effort means testing costs versus giving money no strings attached, etc.
Cruelty *inherently* costs more than kindness. The cruel solution will always be inefficient.
Cruelty *inherently* costs more than kindness. The cruel solution will always be inefficient.
Reposted by Cairsten
Cruel policies are always going to be inefficient, money-burning, self-destructive policies.
The people who propose them, aren't *interested* in whether those policies actually benefit anyone, including themselves.
If they did, at all, they wouldn't be choosing a cruel policy.
The people who propose them, aren't *interested* in whether those policies actually benefit anyone, including themselves.
If they did, at all, they wouldn't be choosing a cruel policy.
February 18, 2025 at 8:51 AM
Cruel policies are always going to be inefficient, money-burning, self-destructive policies.
The people who propose them, aren't *interested* in whether those policies actually benefit anyone, including themselves.
If they did, at all, they wouldn't be choosing a cruel policy.
The people who propose them, aren't *interested* in whether those policies actually benefit anyone, including themselves.
If they did, at all, they wouldn't be choosing a cruel policy.
Why does that sound like those "camps" where parents pay people to kidnap their teens and abuse/kill them in the name of "straightening them out"?
... oh, right. Because it'll be exactly like that, including deaths.
... oh, right. Because it'll be exactly like that, including deaths.
February 15, 2025 at 4:13 PM
Why does that sound like those "camps" where parents pay people to kidnap their teens and abuse/kill them in the name of "straightening them out"?
... oh, right. Because it'll be exactly like that, including deaths.
... oh, right. Because it'll be exactly like that, including deaths.
And those folks won't believe in the risk until (sometimes even if) they wind up with dead animals, or they and/or their families are sick.
February 15, 2025 at 4:07 PM
And those folks won't believe in the risk until (sometimes even if) they wind up with dead animals, or they and/or their families are sick.
It's understandable but unfortunate; the price of eggs plus the anti-science refusal to understand *why* there's a shortage (I keep reading how "they"/Biden "destroyed flocks for 'no reason'") has led to people deciding to keep chickens w/o any care for the disease risk.
February 15, 2025 at 4:04 PM
It's understandable but unfortunate; the price of eggs plus the anti-science refusal to understand *why* there's a shortage (I keep reading how "they"/Biden "destroyed flocks for 'no reason'") has led to people deciding to keep chickens w/o any care for the disease risk.