It may be
"beneath us as a people" - but given that we allowed it to ever come to this, it's pretty much exactly what we deserve.
https://x.com/jeffreyatucker/status/1985377626727305321
This panic about food stamps (SNAP/EBT) is a national and international humiliation and disgrace.
This country's entire history and culture is about agronomy, enterprise, independence, and capacity of a people to feed themselves in a new land. That's the whole point of celebrating Thanksgiving.
That so many people, stores, and whole industries would be so dependent on tax-funded government handouts is utterly disgusting. It's beneath us as a people.