I'm reading this Talia Lavin piece:

"As of this writing, every U.N. member state has ratified the Convention on the Rights of the Child except one: the United States. (Somalia and South Sudan, the previous lone holdouts alongside the U.S., ratified the treaty in 2015.)"

https://theswordandthesandwich.substack.com/p/on-the-rights-of-the-child-part-i

Society: You can’t take or sell drugs or we’ll put you in jail. Drugs lead to a life of suffering and squalor.

People: So suffering and squalor are bad?

Society: YES

People: And you’ll help lift me out of suffering and squalor?

Society: lol no

People: . . .

Society: THAT’S EXACTLY WHY YOU CAN’T TAKE DRUGS

“There is no debate to argue here. Trans people have been here forever and aren’t going anywhere. There is no ideology here. It’s simple. Trans rights are human rights. Anything stating the contrary is wrong.”
Jamie Lee Curtis.

#trans #transgender #TransRightsAreHumanRights

Every supermarket that throws unsold but edible food into a dumpster at the end of the day and pours bleach onto it to prevent the hungry from eating it is reminding us, over and over, that capitalism is not “trade” or “commerce” but rather *sabotage.*

Capitalism isn’t about producing and selling things; it’s about setting up toll booths.