BartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tf to 196@lemmy.blahaj.zoneEnglish · 1 year agoMilitary and Prison Industrial Ruleplexlemmy.tfimagemessage-square3fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareCoachDom@lemmy.blahaj.zonelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·1 year agoGrowing up in Eastern Europe I had a romanticised picture of USA and I always wished I grew up there. Only until years later I realised how privileged I was not having to worry about the student debt, medical insurance and gun violence…
minus-squareXariphon@kbin.sociallinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoIt’s true. Everything we were told would happen if we lost the Cold War happened anyway, done to us from within.
minus-squareBartsBigBugBag@lemmy.tfOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·1 year agoMost of it was already happening and only stopped because people were inspired by “The Reds” as they called them and started the labor movement.
Growing up in Eastern Europe I had a romanticised picture of USA and I always wished I grew up there.
Only until years later I realised how privileged I was not having to worry about the student debt, medical insurance and gun violence…
It’s true. Everything we were told would happen if we lost the Cold War happened anyway, done to us from within.
Most of it was already happening and only stopped because people were inspired by “The Reds” as they called them and started the labor movement.