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[–] WHARRGARBL@beehaw.org 40 points 8 months ago* (last edited 8 months ago) (1 children)

The US has become a cautionary tale for:

• Refusing Universal Healthcare

• Opposing Racial and Cultural Equity

• Revoking Women’s Bodily Autonomy

• Expanding Excessive Incarceration

• Exonerating Police Violence

• Dismissing Effective Gun Control

• Ignoring Mass Shootings

• Denying Veteran and First Responder Care

• Allowing Environmental Toxins

• Approving Carcinogens in Food

• Condoning High Infant Mortality

• Eradicating LGTBQ+ Rights

• Encouraging Religion in Government

• Dismantling Social Services

• Rejecting Living Wage, Retirement, and Pension Issues

• Persecuting the Low-income and Homeless

• Promoting the Purchase of Politicians and Judges

[–] wewbull@feddit.uk 2 points 8 months ago

I think you're learning the wrong lessons on a few of those. My alternative version of a few, which hopefully go further than what you said.

• Opposing Racial and Cultural Equity

Not treating all people as equal in the eyes of the law.

• Revoking Women’s Bodily Autonomy

Not respecting bodily autonomy in general.

• Expanding Excessive Incarceration

Embracing Prohibition which then imprisoned an underclass.

• Exonerating Police Violence

Arming the police as if it was a military unit.

• Allowing Environmental Toxins

The promotion of corporate structures over the wellbeing of the people.

• Eradicating LGTBQ+ Rights

Not holding human rights as a guiding principle.

• Encouraging Religion in Government

Not holding your own stated goals as a guiding principle (separation of church and state).