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[–] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

We do. I've got friends who are harassed because of who they are, or what they look like. I've had friends almost die because of police kneeling their neck because he defended family from an abuser, friends who've been threatened and nearly attacked by homophobes and transphobes, I've experienced cops do everything they can to escalate situations to justify violence.

So yeah we really do live in a dystopian era where basic rights and securities are not afforded to the people who need it most.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

As opposed to the past where black people where treated as livestock?

Whatever bad thing is going in your life, it used to be worse.

[–] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Just because things were worse in the past and marginally better now doesn't detract from the shittiness of today. And there are quite a few people trying to reimplement the policies of that time period.

Things being worse before is not justification for not progressing to something better.

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 0 points 4 months ago (1 children)

Things being worse before is not justification for not progressing to something better.

how can things be worse before if we didn't progress? how can you say the future will not be better?

[–] blackbelt352@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago (1 children)

To quote myself: "And there are quite a few people trying to reimplement the policies of that time period."

[–] kameecoding@lemmy.world 1 points 4 months ago

always have been, it's literally conservatism vs progressivism, eternal battle, you are not saying anything smart here, there are also people trying to implement policies that bring progress.