The only way we’ll improve is if people realize how shitty it is and vote for better reps and better laws.
Comment on Is America Really That Bad?
joe@lemmy.world 10 months agoYou skipped over the whole 50% of the population lost the constitutional right to control their own body.
You skipped over a lot of stuff.
America is pretty bad, and we’ll never get better if everyone keeps insisting we’re not that bad.
pineapplelover@lemm.ee 10 months ago
joe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I mean, case in point: someone replied to my post apparently not knowing abortion is banned in places in America. I don’t even understand how that’s possible it was everywhere on the news for months.
Nemo@midwest.social 10 months ago
You can’t lose a human right. Their right to bodily autonomy is being infringed upon, but they still have it, no matter what the government says.
joe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
I appreciate what you mean but the idea that human rights aren’t granted is just a philosophy, not something that actually matches reality.
That is to say, whether I agree with your premise or not doesn’t change reality at all.
applejacks@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Do you think we should switch the abortion laws that most european countries have?
Do you know they are typically stricter than what we have here?
joe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Stricter than a complete ban?
applejacks@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Where is abortion banned in the US?
joe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Do you really need me to Google this for you?
yenahmik@lemmy.world 10 months ago
See, this just isn’t true. There are a number of states that have the right to abortion enshrined in their constitution. Others are voting to have it added to their constitutions. Just because it was removed nationally, doesn’t mean everyone lost that right.
Granted, it is absolutely a tragedy what is going on in the more backwards states. But things like this make it sound worse than the situation is nationwide. This is the issue the OP has. If you only see the negatives that are reported in the news, it sounds like the US is an absolute hellhole, which is not most people’s lived experience.
joe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
It is true that 50% of the population lost this constitutional right.
yenahmik@lemmy.world 10 months ago
There are state CONSTITUTIONS that protect this right, so no it’s not true.
joe@lemmy.world 10 months ago
Dude you’re not going to get through this with shitty wordplay. They did in fact lose a US constitutional right. This isn’t a debatable statement, it is a fact.
What is your end game here?