I saw a comment saying the U.S. is the only country in the World Cup without universal healthcare. And I was like nahhh no way that's accurate.
20 seconds on the world wide web later, THE UNITES STATES IS THE ONLY COUNTRY IN THE WORLD CUP WITHOUT UNIVERSAL HEALTHCARE.
In 2004, the Abu Ghraib scandal outraged the world when photographs of tortured detainees at the notorious Iraqi prison became public. The men in the pictures were put into stress positions, forced to pose naked in humiliating fashion, and attached to wires, which they were told would electrocute them. These images were especially horrifying because the tortured prisoners were often photographed alongside U.S. military members, who grinned or gave the camera a thumbs-up. One of these Americans who was photographed with the prisoners was 26-year-old Army Reservist Sabrina Harman.
After serving in Iraq, Harman was assigned to the prison, where she later said her role was to "make it hell so [the prisoners] would talk." Harman was ultimately charged with taking photos of prisoners, taking another photo with a corpse, jumping on prisoners as they lay in a pile, writing "rapeist" on a prisoner's leg, and telling a prisoner he would be electrocuted after attaching wires to his hands. She faced a maximum sentence of five years in prison, but was ultimately ordered to serve just six months.
when we say “crime is a social construct”.
what we mean is that you, as an individual, can go to jaił for littering but a corporation can poıson the air, the soil, and the water of an entire town, and no one will go to jaił.
People who say making college free will actually “decrease the significance of a degree” are accidentally revealing a truth most of us knew: college is prohibitively expensive as a means of class and status maintenance
Flock cameras don’t just grab your license plate.
They log:
• Dents/stickers/damage/decals on car
• Likeness of driver (clothing & facial details)
• Direction, speed, duration of time on roads
• Accompanying passenger count
These cameras are Orwellian & unconstitutional.
Chase collected $1 billion in overdraft fees last year. That’s just one bank collecting money from people who needed that $35 the most. Such a disgusting concept of charging penalties for being poor.
Poverty is expensive in a way that people don’t understand. If you can’t afford a dentist you have long term teeth damage. Not affording healthy food means poor health. Not affording ‘good schools’ means missed opportunities. It is a compounding cycle.
A lot of "mental health issues" disappear when bills are paid, rent is secure, and the fridge is full. Peace is expensive. And pretending money doesn't affect mental health is privilege.