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Our Capitalist System: Norfolk Southern Latest Incident and Lack of Government Punishment Will Lead to Violence
https://www.history.com/news/8-reasons-why-rome-fell https://crooksandliars.com/2023/02/ohio-bomb-train-spewing-toxic-fumes Once upon a time, our country was the ‘Wild-Wild West’ type of justice until we became ‘civilized.’ In certain civilizations, such as the Germanic Tribes, they had a ‘weregild’ system, for wrongdoing. The offending party had to pay hefty fines to the ones the offending group had wronged, or they simply just fought…
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Subsidiaries of Nestle
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Nestl%C3%A9_brands https://naturalsociety.com/nestle-subsidiary-tries-sell-small-town-water-residents-fight-back/ Nestle is one of the most corrupt companies in the world, and considering some of the companies around, that’s pretty messed up. Well, due to more and more lax governmental regulations/tax cuts for these companies from the government, companies such as nestle have become their own corrupt governments. I remember reading an article…
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Hypocrisy of both Political sides when it comes to immigration, plus the Student loans and military
https://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/she-saw-anti-immigration-politicians-as-hypocrites-so-she-launched-resistance-genealogy/2018/03/12/1926b528-1d77-11e8-b2d9-08e748f892c0_story.html https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/12/11/18134360/trump-immigrants-border-wall https://www.teenvogue.com/story/the-military-targets-youth-for-recruitment https://www.wsws.org/en/articles/2006/01/mili-j31.html Hypocrisy is rampant in many issues when politics are brought up. One that has been on my mind a lot has been the major topic of immigration. Often this talk comes up of immigrants at our border. Europeans were one time ourselves, illegal immigrants to this country which was already home…
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If we don’t learn from our past, we are destined to repeat it
Will you help our country avoid repeating past mistakes? https://www.thenationalnews.com/opinion/comment/lessons-from-history-could-stop-us-from-making-the-same-old-mistakes-1.934394 https://jacobin.com/2022/08/student-debt-relief-us-military-predatory-recruitment There’s a saying along the lines of “those who don’t learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Our government could be learning from the past of other countries as well as our own. Germany and France in the 19th and 20th Century had…
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‘Don’t Say Gay’ bills
https://www.reuters.com/legal/litigation/florida-parents-sue-first-challenge-dont-say-gay-bill-2022-03-31/ https://www.reuters.com/world/us/florida-house-vote-bill-limiting-school-discussions-lgbtq-identity-2022-02-24/ https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/in-some-states-versions-of-dont-say-gay-bills-have-been-around-for-awhile https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/apr/28/lgbtq-rights-us-dont-say-gay http://digitalhistory.hsp.org/anonymous-no-more/essay/hivaids-gay-communities-and-struggle-gay-rights LGBTQ Rights are very important to me, and LGBTQ-identifying people have been discriminated against for a long time as well. Whether it was the aids discrimination or even earlier, with the Nazis. (https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/gay-men-under-the-nazi-regime) We have so many more important aspects of our civilization to focus on fixing/remediating to some extent…
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American Terrorism
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/stop-domestic-terrorism/ Reconstructing the American Tradition of Domestic Terrorism Making the population less desperate would be a few measures, and I think the most important ones would be; affordable education, healthcare, better public infrastructure (roads, buildings, housing), as well as housing-first programs. If people are content, they are less likely to revolt. Taking care of your…
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Teaching uncomfortable subjects in school
https://www.morningsidecenter.org/teachable-moment/lessons/teaching-about-controversial-or-difficult-issues Uncomfortable and controversial issues need to be discusses in schools. Students can debate and learn more about history. Being uncomfortable and learning new skills/info is how people grow. We need to be able to have frank conversations about our country’s past. Subjects like Sex-ed and our country’s past of slavery as well as what…
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Common reasons why most Americans seem to be looking for change in politics
https://www.fox26houston.com/whats-your-point/is-it-time-to-change-the-american-political-system-whats-your-point https://theconversation.com/why-do-so-many-working-class-americans-feel-politics-is-pointless-121232 https://www.forbes.com/sites/kevinanderton/2020/10/27/this-is-the-reason-american-politics-are-so-polarized-infographic/?sh=1bab10a0187b Many Americans are tired of our current political system. I don’t blame them, as it favors the top 10% of our population. There was a time in our country where only rich, land-owning males could vote, and it seems that we are headed back that way. It will take sacrifice in order…
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Why I expect to Die Early
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-43961380 https://universityofleeds.github.io/philtaylorpapers/vp0111cc.html https://theweek.com/articles/857795/sad-decline-journalism https://news.un.org/en/story/2022/01/1109232 Currently, I am 30 years old. Given my current health issues, I don’t expect to make it past 60. I have asthma and will have other health complications from living in a toxic industrial zone as time goes on. It is part of our capitalistic system as pollution and toxins will…
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Need for politicians to actually go out and help their communities and country
https://theconversation.com/politicians-need-to-listen-up-before-they-speak-up-and-listen-in-the-right-places-114821 Politicians depend upon the citizens in the areas they represent in order to maintain power and their job. But how many politicians do you actually see being involved in their communities? Not many, and congress has lots of time off during the year, as do other politicians. If an old Jimmy Carter can help…
America's Failing System 