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[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 113 points 5 days ago (4 children)

Fuck. We're the baddies.

All the so called christians that voted for this. They should be ashamed, but I'm not sure they can even feel shame.

[–] FlashMobOfOne@lemmy.world 51 points 5 days ago (1 children)

That's the beauty of Christianity.

It can be exploited to make you feel correct no matter your worldview.

[–] Signtist@bookwyr.me 7 points 5 days ago (2 children)

One of the biggest reasons it spread so far.

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[–] Huschke@lemmy.world 14 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

Isn't Christianity the religion where it doesn't really matter how bad you are? In the end the love for Jesus fills up you entirely and before your final moments you become good.

I vaguely remember learning something like that.

[–] Yawweee877h444@lemmy.world 12 points 5 days ago (6 children)

All ya gotta do is believe in Jesus and ask for forgiveness right before you die and you get into heaven, no matter what you've done lol.

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[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 13 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago)

This is not about 2025 American politics. Think in terms of game theory, pure logic, drop your morals. If you're you the baddest dude in the hood, why would you let weaker men trap you into binding agreements that might bite your ass down the road? All risk, no reward, foolish.

America won't be a real member of the international community until we are militarily and economically forced into the role.

See the gathering of generals and the warlike speech yesterday? They know we're slipping economically. Only way to counter, for a fascist, is military might. Once you've built your power on a single man never being wrong, forging ahead no matter what, there is no turning back. Plus, our leader is a dementia addled old man. All he understands is kicking ass and lording power and money over others. God knows what he'll do or say next, but you can count on that behavior.

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[–] DirkMcCallahan@lemmy.world 90 points 5 days ago

The saddest thing is that I'm not shocked in the slightest.

I am really sick of the US. It’s never been great, but I really hate this overtly celebrating evil regime today.

[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 31 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (2 children)

The US is a shithole country.

Also the only country where children don't have rights.

[–] RizzRustbolt@lemmy.world 23 points 4 days ago (2 children)
[–] Sam_Bass@lemmy.world 6 points 4 days ago (6 children)

we aren't. they are. "they" being the fascist fuckwads in washington

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[–] TuffNutzes@lemmy.world 38 points 5 days ago

Well at least we know who the bad guys are.

[–] MITM0@lemmy.world 24 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (5 children)

Of course they did. You know what else should be a human right ?

Internet (We are not talking about social media)

[–] Landless2029@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago

Internet should be treated as a utility some 15 years ago.

Job searches, paying bills, medical portals and more. It's a requirement today even more so.

[–] iglou@programming.dev 6 points 5 days ago

And it's even easier to implement than food. Many countries already have free access to computers with internet in public libraries.

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[–] laalaa500@kbin.earth 46 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The concept of voting food as a human right is already weird to me but yeah, of course this would be the result.

[–] shalafi@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

This vote makes no difference whatsoever. The UN can't truly bind any state to any action. Why would the US participate when we're the biggest bully on the block? We're only in it for public perception, and most importantly, the veto.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 15 points 5 days ago

If it doesn't do anything then it doesn't cost anything to vote for it. The US opposition to it was weirdly that it both is just symbolical and doesn't have concrete steps and that it forces bad things on the US (companies)

[–] MyOpinion@lemmy.today 27 points 5 days ago

What a disgusting country I live in.

[–] p3n@lemmy.world 12 points 4 days ago (1 children)

If Life is an inalienable right, and food is an undeniable necessity for human life, then it should be self-evident that food is a human right.

[–] MrTolkinghoen@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 days ago* (last edited 4 days ago)

We're dealing with a society that doesn't understand what inalienable means, and especially the leaders.

[–] technocrit@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 4 days ago

Capitalism is massively dependent on coercing labor through the deprivation of basic human needs.

[–] Fleur_@aussie.zone 13 points 4 days ago (3 children)

You'd think Americans would be on board considering how much they eat

[–] kreskin@lemmy.world 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Americans who have any political voice (right wingers these days) have plenty to eat and hate the poor. They prefer them hungry as some sort of punishment for ending up needing the help. We have Ayn Rand capitalism in our blood.

Ayn Rand, who died impoverished eating through public assistance hated the poor and made it morally acceptable for Americans to hate their poor. She thought altruism was evil. She was also a zionist who thought Arabs were "primatives" https://mondoweiss.net/2012/08/ryan-said-to-be-meeting-with-adelson/

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[–] hayvan@feddit.nl 7 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Yes but they only want themselves to eat, not others.

[–] Makhno@lemmy.world 8 points 4 days ago

They'd love to starve a bunch of their fellow americans, too

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 30 points 5 days ago (1 children)

The capitalism demands payment for food. The capitalism reminds you that it's easier to pull yourself up by the bootstraps if you weigh less.

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[–] quick_snail@feddit.nl 15 points 5 days ago (3 children)

The UN declaration of Human Rights already declared "freedom from want" a human right, which includes food, shelter, and clothing.

Food is already a human right, according to the UN.

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[–] DarkFuture@lemmy.world 11 points 4 days ago (1 children)

Good knowing we're the Axis this time around.

Shithole.

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[–] Bamboodpanda@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago
[–] ceenote@lemmy.world 21 points 5 days ago* (last edited 5 days ago) (1 children)

The fuck does "human right" even mean if a basic necessity for short-term survival isn't one?

[–] BanMe@lemmy.world 15 points 5 days ago (1 children)

You have the right to starve to death in the street

[–] plz1@lemmy.world 20 points 5 days ago

No loitering

[–] Wilco@lemmy.zip 13 points 5 days ago

The US vote counts as a veto right? That sucks ass.

[–] roserose56@lemmy.zip 9 points 4 days ago

Big news everybody! The country that does nothing right, did the same thing again!
Like we did expect something different.

[–] Mac@mander.xyz 16 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Let the people vote instead of the fascists.

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[–] spinda@leminal.space 6 points 4 days ago

The depravity is beyond parody.

[–] RaivoKulli@sopuli.xyz 9 points 5 days ago

I was thinking if they voted again about the same thing with the same results but yeah this was about the 2021 vote.

[–] EndlessNightmare@reddthat.com 12 points 5 days ago (2 children)

It would be weird if they did vote "yes", considering what they are doing right now.

I guess you can count on them for being consistently shitty.

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[–] wowwoweowza@lemmy.world 7 points 5 days ago

How did I miss hearing f about this in 2021??

[–] boaratio@lemmy.world 8 points 5 days ago
[–] veniasilente@lemmy.dbzer0.com 10 points 5 days ago (1 children)

...Wait, I thought food was already a human right? Article 25.

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