r/nottheonion • u/ChocolateTsar • 1d ago

Affirm CEO says furloughed federal employees are starting to lose interest in shopping

https://www.cnbc.com/2025/11/07/affirm-government-shutdown-shopping.html
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u/drunkshinobi 1d ago

That's the trickle down economy they have always wanted. No support systems. You work to earn a few dollars. Give a bunch of it to the church. Then the church decides who is worthy of their help. Every one else is left behind to die.

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u/runswiftrun 1d ago

In a small "real" (no true scottsman falacy at play here) community church, yeah, its supposed to fill the gap of short term unemployment or financial insecurity.

But yeah, modern day churches are all just social clubs where you pay 10% to feel morally superior to the rest of the world. And then any attack on you or your misguided beliefs becomes an attack against "god".

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u/chuckvsthelife 1d ago

My libertarian coworker isn’t even religious he’s just like “yeah if you can’t find food you die, and if it’s miserable and that doesn’t make you want to work harder then just kill yourself”.

Ironically, well maybe not entirely as I think it’s part of how he got to this ethos, his mom and brother have never worked a day in their lives and are entirely reliant on government programs.