Can I flex? Can I live? Glenance Green
We don’t want to be capitalists but sometimes we just want some shit We came from nothing Still singing Drake’s Started from the bottom now we’re here For some of us, that’s still at the bottom We know that capitalism works against us That it’s inexplicably linked to the exploitation of black and brown bodies We know it is rooted in anti-blackness We know that wealth has been colonized and the lens through which we understand money is inherently flawed We want people in office who care We want to believe that our system can work to our advantage by allowing us to put someone in office who is a candidate of the people Some of us want to uplift the values of democratic socialism and have a productive conversation about what that means for life chances without it ignorantly being mistaken for communism We want racial equity We want healthcare for all We want to earn a livable wage And not have to sell every hour of our day to someone else in exchange for doing so We want affordable housing We want access to high quality public education We want humanity in the workforce We want to build business in our community And own homes for our families to inherit so they don’t have to struggle
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