Story/colors By Me, Art By Mads G.

That’s what always happens in capitalist societies. They say that if you don’t want to be poor, there’s a certain thing you have to do. But then everyone does it, so it’s no longer effective. The system depends on making sure that there’s always a supply of poor people to exploit.

From the earth.

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Goodwitch: Alright, class, it's time for some basic math.

Goodwitch: If 55 people are inside of a burning building, and you save 50, how many people still need to save?

Jaune: How many of them are Christian?

Goodwitch: Why does that matter?

Jaune: Well, if they haven't accepted our lord and savior, then should we really save them?

Goodwitch: What?! Of course we still have to save them!

Ruby: Hold on! Jaune has a point. How do we know the remaining people aren't criminals?

Goodwitch: It doesn't matter. It's still our duty to save them.

Nora: Wait, if we're saving criminals, then does that mean we're villains?

Goodwitch: Look, this isn't a question of morality. It's just basic math. What's 55 minus 50?

Blake: 21?

Goodwitch: (Scoffs, Sighs) Get out.

Blake: Aaaw...

Yang: I SAY WE LET THEM ALL BURN!

Goodwitch: For fuck's sake, take the burning building out of the question! Just the math!

Yang: THE MATH CAN BURN, TOO!

Goodwitch: Jesus Christ... Can anyone answer this question?

Weiss: Ma'am, it's five!

Goodwitch: Correct.

Yang: Fucking nerd!

Weiss: Hey!

Yang: What are you gonna do, washboard? Ice-skate at me?!

Class: FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT, FIGHT!

Goodwitch: ...This class is doomed...

(via @DanKaszeta over at the former Bird Place)

Excluding the crucial fact that office jobs pay you an income….if staying home to raise children and do chores and bake bread was really so much easier and more joyful than working in an office on some objective level, why aren’t men doing it? Why aren’t they chomping at the bit to be ~leisurely house husbands~ to a working wife? Why aren’t they stepping up to depend solely on someone else’s income in exchange for round-the-clock domestic labor, if it’s really as blissful and their propaganda suggests? Curious.

First one for 2025.