How is it that we managed to abolish slavery? How do we have an age of consent? How do we have minimum wage? Everyone in power is evil and hates us, but why are women still allowed to vote? How come minimum wage hasn’t lowered or been removed entirely?

And more importantly, how do we get good things to happen again? Because it seems like no matter where someone is on the political spectrum, THEY’RE ALL EVIL and they hate us. (And even if they didn’t, they’re still controlled by evil billionares.)

  • mistermultiverse@slrpnk.net
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    4 days ago

    How is it that we managed to abolish slavery? Years of bloody battle and political challenges preceded by many years of the worst atrocities humans are capable of.

    How do we have an age of consent? Because people work hard for keeping children safe, but the system isn’t perfect, and people still find loopholes or dark and hidden places to do trafficking and similar things. Most women I know have been assaulted at a young age and/or as an adult. We can keep making it all better.

    How do we have minimum wage? Years of political challenges, and it is still far from the minimum it should be. There is a lot of complexity that goes into this. It’s great that progressives work for these things, and I support them in working more to make it better for you and me.

    Everyone in power is evil and hates us, but why are women still allowed to vote? Because it is hard to take rights away, but I certainly still see people trying to find ways and convince others that they don’t need the right to vote, and that concerns me.

    How come minimum wage hasn’t lowered or been removed entirely? Same as previous statements.

    And more importantly, how do we get good things to happen again? We keep going. Listen for the helpers, and be one.

    Because it seems like no matter where someone is on the political spectrum, THEY’RE ALL EVIL and they hate us. (And even if they didn’t, they’re still controlled by evil billionares.)

    • I don’t think all are evil. Most honest people that look at it can probably some examples lf good people trying to be honest public servants. In my opinion, it is a complexity problem, and we need better, federated technology to distribute power better. We need equality and equity. We need education and communication and collaboration. I’m not against left or right but I think extremes on both sides gravitate toward selfishness and authoritarianism. I think it isn’t because of billionaire status that billionaires are evil, but I think there is no ethical way to become or remain a billionaire in these times on this planet.