France becomes the first country to explicitly include the right to terminate a pregnancy in its constitution.
  •  WHARRGARBL   ( @WHARRGARBL@beehaw.org ) 
    41•4 months ago

    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   ( @wewbull@feddit.uk ) English
      3•4 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).