catloaf

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[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Because it's already being used to oppress minorities.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

And it literally happens right here on lemmy: https://lemm.ee/post/46717894/16004361

[–] [email protected] 135 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Bold of them to assume the school lunch program will exist at all by that time

[–] [email protected] 20 points 1 day ago

All they know is profit.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 day ago

They have been attacking education because it is the path forward.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (6 children)

I don't know if President Vance would be any better.

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 day ago

Simple. Multinational corporate interests have significant influence in the government. The elected officials may change, but people like Charles Koch are still whispering in their ears.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's how it was designed. The federal government was supposed to be a weak organization only to organize between states and other countries. In practice, the federal government gradually increased its own power, culminating in the Supreme Court affirming it: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wickard_v._Filburn

[–] [email protected] 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Anyone else read this as a veiled threat? Like "we're not going to tell you to stop adding fluoride, but it sure would be a shame if your grant money stopped"

[–] [email protected] 13 points 1 day ago

Not that the NYT has been doing much to avoid it. How kind of them to close the barn door behind the horse.

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Maybe. I think we should take his threats seriously.

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