it is genuinely ableist as fuck that every single charity resource and government aid agency in the US requires you to make phone calls in order to do literally anything. do you think a deaf person could make 6 calls back-and-forth between their disability lawyer and the social security office just to prove that they’re disabled enough to get enough food to fucking eat? it’ll take them 18 months to decide if they’re going to reject the paperwork btw so hang tight and try not to starve

“hello American companies can I please have a job so I can meet my bare minimum needs and continue to exist under capitalism?”

“fucking prove to us that you deserve to kiss our asses”

“uhhh I’m really good at-“

“you know what? we don’t like your face. crawl back into your hole and die”

“hello American government I am poor and disabled and suffering and I would like to have my bare minimum needs met”

“hmm prove it by jumping through bureaucratic hoops for 2 years”

“okay it cost me a lot of my sanity and my extremely limited energy but I-“

“we have decided that you don’t deserve anything. we hope you go fucking die in a gutter you worthless fucking insect. you can reapply if you want but we’ll just say the same thing after another 2 years of wasting your energy”

“hello American charity I’m poor and disabled and suffering can I please have access to basic medical care?”

“fucking prove it you worm. let us peer into the darkest corners of your life and make sure you aren’t secretly able to survive without us and just begging because you’re lazy and worthless. also every single one of your friends has to fill out paperwork too to prove they aren’t giving you money that you don’t fucking deserve you disgusting wretch”

“um that’s going to take a long time and I’m already sick and I need a lot of medical care and-“

“you know what? we’re just going to ghost you at this point. you don’t fucking deserve us anyway. we hope you die this year so our capitalist society will be rid of the burden you represent”