Politics Please say rock bottom is getting close

haha I just posted that in the Biden thread.

 

I can’t quite make it out in the photo, but I think those stairs were manufactured by Karma Inc.

 

Arizona dad strips down to crop top and shorts at board meeting to protest school dress code




Is it just me, or....?

 

Eric Trump will be joined by Ian Smith at Renew America rally at Trump golf course. Smith is a Covid denier and Holocaust denier. He said the good guys did not win World War 2. Openly praises Hitler. Attacks Biden for having Jews in Cabinet. Claims secret Jewish cabal is responsible for everything bad.

But hey, let's talk about Biden is old.

 

NYC Transit Retirees Join Fight Against Medicare Advantage

TWU Local 100 retirees opposed to the Medicare Advantage contract the union signed with Aetna are dreading January when their new privatized health insurance is slated to kick in.

https://popularresistance.org/nyc-transit-retirees-join-fight-against-medicare-advantage/

Another example of why I don't believe a word either party says. America, whether it be a democrat or a republican president, literally sides with corporate greed over human lives.

 

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/oct/13/alabama-pregnant-woman-jail-lawsuit

Alabama woman was jailed for fetal endangering when she allegedly took drugs while two months pregnant. She was jailed throughout her pregnancy without prenatal care or her medication, although it was a high risk pregnancy due to medical conditions. When her water broke on a Saturday she was told to wait until Monday to deliver. She was left unattended and told to stop screaming. She delivered in the shower, hemorrhaging. Finally taken to the hospital with life threatening condition for mother and child. Both survived but the baby was taken away. Because she had endangered the fetus.

And they are so pro life.

 

Which leads one to wonder, based on location (and ideology) what color that poor woman's skin is.......

 

Actually she is white.
True that these fetal harm laws are most used against Black and Latina women.

 

The real sin is being poor. Of course, being a minority means one is more likely to be poor. But they'll come after a poor white person as hard as any other race.

 

Poor. Unwed. Health problems. Teach the slut a lesson!

 

As a footnote, while this woman and child were endangered, not one peep from so called pro life groups.

 

Outkick is a Fox program aimed at young audience. It is hosted by someone who used to be on ESPN but left because trans people.
They are telling women not to drink tap water because it's birth control.
I wish.

 

We Need To Talk About "Authoritarianism"



America seems to be the most authoritarian country on this planet.

 

Great video, thanks for sharing.

We're not as bad as China, North Korea, or Russia. But we're also not very good.

https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/freedom-index-by-country

United States — 8.73 (#15)
Russia — 6.23 (#126)
China — 5.57 (#150)

Top 10 Countries with the Highest Human Freedom Indexes (2021):
Switzerland — 9.11
New Zealand — 9.01
Denmark — 8.98
Estonia — 8.91
Ireland — 8.90
Canada — 8.85
Finland — 8.85
Australia — 8.84
Sweden — 8.83
Luxembourg — 8.80


Top 10 Countries with the Lowest Human Freedom Indexes (2021):

Syria — 3.66
Venezuela — 4.03
Yemen — 4.08
Sudan — 4.48
Egypt — 4.49
Iran — 4.53
Somalia — 4.93
Burundi — 5.02 (tie)
Iraq — 5.02 (tie)
Libya — 5.05

 

Yes, but I feel these are biased in a way.

They don't take into account the "illusion of freedom" that is America. Both parties have helped our oligarchy rig the system with tax cuts for the rich. We are right now being exploited by said oligarchy to such an extreme rate our citizens are ending up on our sidewalks in droves I've never seen in my lifetime. I would list more ways we are less free in America now than we were when I was born nearly 60 years ago. But I am dealing with things that have been hampering my recovery.

America is one of the most corrupt countries to ever exist, bar none. Democrats nor republicans care about human life, at all.

 

You're not wrong about any of that, but much of that comes from scale. There is just so much money and economic power here. It definitely has an outsized negative impact. But it also has an outsized positive impact.

We're certainly trending the wrong direction, and have been since 9/11. Bin Laden won.

 

Surprised Afghanistan isn't on the bottom list.