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The crazy thing is that a simple 9-digit number (that you must give away for many things) can ruin your life if it gets public. The US seems so backwards at ti
by reddalo 4mo ago
The crazy thing is that a simple 9-digit number (that you must give away for many things) can ruin your life if it gets public.
The US seems so backwards at times.
- 0xbadcafebee 4mo agoat times? we can't even decide if women are allowed to control their own bodies. we're now open to states stopping people with dark skin from voting, and we have giant internment camps where we keep innocent men, women, children because they have a spanish accent. vaccines are apparently not a worldwide health miracle, education is overrated, we're bringing back jobs in coal and oil, and invading/destabilizing latin american countries is back in vogue. in two years we might be so backwards that women's suffrage becomes questionable (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_backsliding_in_the_United_States https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Democratic_backsliding_in_the_...).
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- torstenvl 4mo agoPlease don't spew hyperbolic slop in the service of ideological warfare. Thats not what HN is for.
- drnick1 4mo ago[flagged]
- 0xbadcafebee 4mo agoyou weren't aware of the recent revocation of laws that prevent southern states from gerrymandering black communities out of a vote, in addition to voter ID laws? there are many, many public reports of ICE detaining individuals merely for having a spanish accent. they've detained US citizens multiple times, even deported some, because they were hispanic. I highly recommend reading the news...