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People in the States know how fast our country can fall and don’t accept “well, we’ve still got a ways to go” as an excuse for the descent. The so-called best
by t-writescode 2y ago
People in the States know how fast our country can fall and don’t accept “well, we’ve still got a ways to go” as an excuse for the descent.
The so-called best shouldn’t compare itself to others, it should compare itself to itself from yesterday. And in those regards, we are descending rapidly, especially for those of us LGBTQ+, women and minorities.
Do not forget how fast Saudi Arabia and other countries changed from their liberal views to literal theocracies.
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago[flagged]
- t-writescode 2y agoTrans people can't get passports[0] Literally everything with the word "gay" is being removed from federal ledgers[1, 2] Initiatives to **penalize** companies that still choose to have DEI hires greatly impacts anyone that's not a white male. [3] Anti-Abortion legislation directly attacks women's health, including when there's a harm to the mother. [4] Elderly may very well be missing out on their social security payments [5] Frankly, to imagine that things aren't getting worse for women, bipoc and lgbtq+ people at this point means you've either lived under a rock, in which case, "Welcome! The world is worse now."; you're willfully ignorant of the harm that's being done to so, so, *so* many communities; or, you're acting in bad faith and sealioning[6]. [0] https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/03/07/transgender-nonbinary-passports/80567094007/ https://www.usatoday.com/story/travel/2025/03/07/transgender... [1] https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5317567/federal-websites-lgbtq-diversity-erased https://www.npr.org/2025/03/19/nx-s1-5317567/federal-website... [2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_government_online_resource_removals https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2025_United_States_government_... [3] https://www.newsweek.com/costco-under-fire-states-trump-dei-policies-terminate-2021863 https://www.newsweek.com/costco-under-fire-states-trump-dei-... [4] https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=woman+dies+needed+abortion&ia=web https://duckduckgo.com/?t=ffab&q=woman+dies+needed+abortion&... [5] https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/social-security-lutnick-doge-checks https://www.axios.com/2025/03/21/social-security-lutnick-dog... [6] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sealioning
- FirmwareBurner 2y ago[flagged]
- vel0city 2y agoI'd say imprisoning hundreds of people without any form of due process is a rapid descent.