#Poverty

Seems like a lot of bad things can happen when open white supremacy isn't an election day dealbreaker People want to act like race is a separate thing from everything
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In answer to my question on whether the 2m social distance rule would be reduced, as the PM seemed to imply yesterday he would favour, @uksciencechief said research published and
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It is absolutely heartbreaking how society and government treat people with disabilities in Canada. The Ottawa mayor called it like it is: people with disabilities are treated like second-class citizens
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While we're deliberating on the unfortunate news of ShopRite closing down shop (I honestly do not blame them, the economic climate in Nigeria is harsh), let's not forget other factors
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On #NationalIndigenousDay here's a my top 10 things I've learned for my fellow settlers . Some simple, some not.1. Settler is not a slur. It's literally what we are. My
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The briefings are garbage because they don't show the cost of each option.Need a white board that shows numbers affected by the virus- and costs of that...compared with numbers affected
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Bitcoin is a life raft, & it's already saved millions worldwide from inflation & poverty.If your only contribution to a working life raft is to disparage it based on some
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So there is a kind of circular argument I want to expose. Neoclassical economists & neoliberal ideologues have successfully argued for a social consensus around economic growth on the basis
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Weep for us moderns! We are richer than avarice itself and because of this we are blind to our poverty! You will not learn this truth until you have FELT
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People will say abolition is unrealistic because [insert instance of violence], but the instance of violence being described is actually unfolding *now*, under the largest police state in the world...meaning
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Black Hoosiers are 9.8% of IN's population, but 18.5% of IN covid-19 cases (HALF of the cases are missing race data). Let’s talk structural problems. Thread: We know nationally, blacks
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Women are disgusted by modern men, rightfully so.WHY- Women push men for more rights- Men give in- Women dislike weak men- Women want more (natural)- Men can't fight back because
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Othering, representation, “the community”, a thread. Since yesterday I have been quite preoccupied with the logic of statements like “someone who can work full time, work as a researcher etc.
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Progressive 'lefties' make a profound historical error. They think that the working class and the poor hated their nation and wanted to destroy it. They're dead wrong. The working class
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Lots of people are taking significant risks, and this is normalizing the idea of taking significant risk - this can be confusing: Can it really be unsafe if so many
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Holy shitballs. This is *not* a good way to start the day.What are we DOING, people?! Do we really want the NHS carved up and sold to the US? Do
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