@RatteSydney A lot to unpack here ... I think the point that other countries are open to their culture evolving but the American tendency to dig your heels in and say ‘nope we got it perfect the first time nothing to change here’ is INSANE
I don't know who needs to hear this, but your choice to give up the last eleven or so months of your regular life, being careful and socially distancing, could very well be the reason somebody else is alive today - and it will *always* have been worth it.
A $15 minimum wage in the COVID relief bill would give 27,000,000 low-wage workers a raise.
And, keep in mind:
US billionaire wealth in 2010: $1.5 trillion
US billionaire wealth in 2020: $3.9 trillion
Federal minimum wage in 2010: $7.25
Federal minimum wage in 2020: $7.25
The adultifying of Black children is systemic & dangerous. She was in mental health distress handcuffed, pepper sprayed while calling for daddy. Treating trauma with trauma are the unjust & harmful practices of a carceral state.That's why I introd Counseling not Criminalization.
Note to the media: This is not a "protest." Do not describe it as a protest. This is an insurrection, an attempted coup, orchestrated and incited by the president of the United States. He and his enablers must be removed from office immediately.
Call me a radical lefty if you'd like, but I refuse to accept a system that enables Jeff Bezos to grow his wealth by $66,000,000,000 in 5 months — during a pandemic that's left 40,000,000 Americans on the brink of eviction.