wandering.shop is one of the many independent Mastodon servers you can use to participate in the fediverse.
Wandering.Shop aims to have the vibe of a quality coffee shop at a busy SF&F Convention. Think tables of writers, fans and interested passers-by sharing drinks and conversation on a variety of topics.

Server stats:

883
active users

The hypocrisy + cognitive dissonance are strong when US-majority white conservatives, who don't live on investment income, punch down at US-minority BIPOC people, who don't live on investment income.
Whether they self ID as poor, working poor, working class, lower middle class, middle class, or just average, fewer people can feed + heal their kids on their wages alone. Many need more than 1 breadwinner. Government assistance can lighten those burdens. Charity can. Mutual aid can.
[Edited typo]