I worked at a psychiatric hospital with an operating budget of 75 million dollars that paid the ceo 750,000usd plus bonuses. She hired all of her children and their spouses for six figure executive positions plus bonuses.

We made $11/hr to work with patients that were often violent, we were regularly exposed to bodily fluids. I still have significant neck and back pain from 2 permanent cervical and thoracic spine injuries I got on the unit, 15+ years later

Our annual holiday bonus? $12. Same number, for four years. The fifth year they eliminated the bonus and replaced it with a hoodie. I quit soon after to go back to school. It was a gift card too, not even actual money.

the staffing numbers were always wildly different so it wasn’t like they did bonus money divided by number of people. I never figured out how they arrived at such an odd number. My best guess is the gift card store (a local grocer) donated the cards, which is the only reason we even got a bonus

being a hentai addict would make him objectively cooler than the piece of literal shit he actually is

Reminder that Ellen hung out with George w bush

https://kennorphan.com/2017/10/26/canonizing-criminals-and-the-lobotomization-of-public-memory/ellen-degeneres-embraces-george-w-bush-photo-from-the-ellen-show/

When called out for going to a sports game with someone who endorsed a constitutional amendment banning gay marriage, opposed adoption rights, anti hate crime laws, and anti discrimination laws, she doubled down and did a little segment on her show about how he’s alright and posted a selfie

While it is true that bush softened on gay rights issues later that was almost exclusively after he had left the presidency and thus was basically irrelevant. When the man had extreme power his policy was disgusting. When he listened to gay republican groups he did not soften at all. It was merely when his image needed to be rebranded after he was known mostly as a war criminal responsible for murdering 1 million Iraqis that he decided to soften his stance a bit. By then the Republican Party had gotten so fucking loony plenty of people accepted him as downright rational and kind. Instead of what he was, which is basically trump with a bit of impulse control and decorum

The takeaway is exactly what you said. The unifying factor here is social class. Ultra rich gays will happily throw you under the bus for 1 more dollar. Tim Cook will happily support someone who will stop him from adopting children or getting married if it means apples market share grows by 3%. He does not care because if it truly matters to him he will just find a way to circumvent the law with his enormous wealth. He does not worry about spousal decision making because he will hire a private live in physician. He will hire a surrogate to act as a legal agent for adoption in name only. If it comes to camps he obviously won’t go to the camps. If it gets to the point where he would be anywhere near at risk he would expatriate at a moments notice on a private jet. Etc. but you won’t have those luxuries. Fuck you, got mine.