Is the US a dystopia?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2024/apr/25/flint-michigan-water-crisis

Years after the emergency, the Michigan city is yet to replace all lead pipes and affected families are still awaiting justice

replace this whole thread with one of the pictures of SWAT snipers setting up at campus Gaza protests

otm. I'm trying not to spam the board with stuff about the protests, but it sure feels like a police state this morning

It's simple. pic.twitter.com/M6pHdOA4YU

— President Biden (@POTUS) May 1, 2024

I no longer have a Twitter account but that seems destined to become the most-ratioed tweet since Elmo's

I used that exact four-word phrase the other week in a discussion of assisted suicide (I'm very pro-, and think depression is just as valid reason as, say, ALS to pull the plug on oneself). Wonder if President Joe shares my feelings.

quick, it's international workers' day and the cops are busy tear-gassing students protesting genocide, now's the perfect time to overthrow capitalism

going to a rally in a bit, will bump thread later if capitalism overthrown

"To Hatzifotinos, such tragedies were avoidable. “ ‘Don’t have money’ is not an excuse right now,” he told me. “I don’t know why people are choosing to get evicted. It never used to be a choice. Now I believe that it is.”"

https://harpers.org/archive/2024/04/the-eviction-experts/

"Can American Policing Be Fixed?"

"Lunch with the QAnon Shaman"

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