Young Orthodox Marxist-Leninist. Han Suyin’s biggest fan. American in blood, Eurasian in spirit. Jacobin, but in the French 1792 way not the American Liberal way. Any pronouns are fine but I like they/them or she/her the most.

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Cake day: August 21st, 2023

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  • It probably wont be starvation for most [hopefully?]. What it’ll probably be is the racking up of debt, missed bills on electricity and other utilities, etc. to start at least. But there’s only so much you can cut out while still having access to the outside world. I think we’ll see people going homeless before they starve, though.

    It really depends on how long the shutdown goes on for. There is a part of me that fears that we’ll genuinely see a famine if this goes on too long, especially since food bank services are already strained.

    And, although I find it extremely unlikely, if the ai bubble pops in the middle of this…