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As millions of Americans are about to go hungry due to the US government refusing to fund SNAP, just remember that only two countries voted against making food a basic human right. The US and the terrorist colony of Israel
At the risk of getting banned, when I only saw one country in red and “2” in the summary l knew exactly where on the map I needed to zoom to find the second
I had the exact same thought. If you could really be banned for saying that ISRAEL is a scourge on the planet earth for starving an entire population of innocent people, I’d rather not be on .world anyway.
it really is impressive (and terrifying, if i'm being honest) just how...extensive and all encompassing this Israeli/AIPAC propaganda is.
like...it's so bad that I don't even feel comfortable thinking on it too much, because what if I'm falling into some antisemitic rabbithole that blames the jews for everything? the start of some alt-right pipeline?
but then it's undeniable, that there is a concerted effort to suppress any and all information about israel's atrocities across the western world, with plenty of jews in positions of power essentially sanctioning it.
Reminder to not take "infographics" as fact until you look at the source. Which this post doesn't provide.
It wasn't in November, but December, with 186 in favor, 2 not in favor, and 5 non-voters.
to people saying the resolution is useless theatrics and just symbolic. then if there were no consequences, why the fuck would the US and Israel vote against it?
I fucking hate USA and Israel
Ironic countries to currently be the most like Nazi Germany, but here we are.
Nazi Germany was directly inspired by the US's manifest destiny, racist laws and racial theorists from the US, we blocked Jewish refugees from coming to the US in 30s and after the war gave several prominent Nazis positions in US organizations, the US is called 'The Great Satan' for a reason.
The US and Israel voted against?! I am shocked, SHOCKED! Well, not that shocked.
food deficiency is useful in producing conservative voting blocs for both countries. hungry people are an angry people,
The US and Israel, who would have thought?
"the terrorist colony of Israel"
I like you.
I just want to point out that Nov of 2021 was under Biden's watch.
Both sides, I guess. One side wasn't that great, and the other is setting everything on fire. Seems about equal. 😜
On a practical level, what would it mean to make food a human right?
Water is a human right, and there is a somewhat vague statement that, if you have access to a tap and someone asks you for drinking water you have to give it. Already the applications are confusing, since most local laws impose such burden only on public spaces (with varying definitions of public spaces).
For food, what would that mean? How could that ever be implemented? Or is the vibe good enough?
to my knowledge it obligates governments to provide food to people who can't get food for reasons outside of their control such as prisoners, prisoners of war, and victims of natural disasters
In most countries, if your rights are violated, you can sue the one violating them and get them restored.
If food is a right and you can't get food, then you should be able to sue the government to give you food. After the first won case, further similar cases would be handled by precedent, thus kind of necessiting the government to create a system to get food to people.
