New mutual aid request!
Here’s the deal: Shanna — a Kansas City liberty activist — needs $400 for emergency car repairs. If she can’t get the car repaired, she can’t get to her job at Walmart (10 mile drive). If she can’t get to work, she loses her job. If she loses her job, she and her child are out on the streets. Simple ‘nuff explanation here.
Look, I don’t know Shanna. I haven’t vetted her and I don’t know her backstory (aside from what has been posted here). I have a few Facebook contacts who know her, but that’s about it. What I do know is that I also have a crappy, low paying wage slave job and if I had a costly emergency, I don’t know how I would pay for it on my own.
If you can spare anything — even a few bucks — consider making a donation to her chipin fund. I make staggeringly low wages and will be making a small donation. If I can pull some cash out of my ass, then you most likely can as well. Everyone has a few daily luxury items they can do without, and here’s someone who legit needs that money a lot more.
Posting mutual aid requests is — admittedly — a little passive-aggressive on my part because I’m relying on shaming the same libertarians who claim that “the market” and “private charity” will solve all social ills but are total tightwads when it comes to participating in private charity for someone in need. And yeah, I know that not everyone can afford to donate to every single mutual aid request. I’ve had to turn down many because of my (above mentioned) crappy, low paying wage slave job. But truthfully? I’d like to think that if it were me, people would help me out, and I guess my (sometimes misguided) optimism wins out from time to time.
