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Student Loan Forgiveness: Supreme Court Strikes Down Biden’s Debt Forgiveness Plan (www.nytimes.com)
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[–] socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.works 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It's not much better in other places. Lots of us rely on being "better than the us" so as it slides, so do we, just a few meters behind.

Politicians need to actually feel concerned about how the people they are hurting will respond. Currently they know there will be nothing more than a few grouchy news articles and upset social media comments.

[–] TheFriendlyDickhead@lemm.ee 9 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Except the French. They start a riot for every small change.

[–] socialjusticewizard@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm glad people have correctly realized that the French should be associated with violent anti government riots and not surrendering. That was a meme that needed to die.

[–] Yendor@reddthat.com 16 points 1 year ago

When you actually study French history for 5 minutes, you realise how the memes about the French surrendering are straight-up ridiculous. And the people hold their government to account far more than most countries.

[–] 100_kg_90_de_belin@feddit.it 10 points 1 year ago

I mean, they chopped off lots of heads back in the day. Smashing some shop windows and burning a couple of police cars is kind of a slow day for them.