https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2022/09/iran-headscarf-protest-mahsa-amini/671555

https://nitter.snopyta.org/TheAtlantic/status/1573734270551695366

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  • SacredExcrement [any, comrade/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    Americans stop acting like they invented abstract concepts such as 'rights' or 'choice' challenge level: Impossible.

    Additional challenge failed: stop harboring paternalistic attitudes towards countries outside of Western hegemony

    • UlyssesT [he/him]
      ·
      2 years ago

      Um, you just need to hush and let the adults in the room figure this out, sweetie. :maybe-later-kiddo:

      • usernamesaredifficul [he/him]
        ·
        2 years ago

        liberals do love calling themselves adults for a group that basis their entire view on the world on their desire to be given a gold star by the powers that be

  • MerryChristmas [any]
    ·
    2 years ago

    The concept of rights was invented in 2013 by Lin Manuel Miranda. The idea of choice, first conceived in a meeting between then US President Barack Obama and the top minds at JP Morgan, predates this by nearly a decade.

  • InvaderZinn [he/him]
    ·
    2 years ago

    American

    Lol, Lmao even, :data-laughing: if you will, :che-laugh: if you're so inclined.

  • UlyssesT [he/him]
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    2 years ago

    The right for the rich to crush the poor and the choice to look at things that are out of reach because they can not be afforded.

  • Snackuleata [any]
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    2 years ago

    Somehow, at the same time, those two vital American ideas - about rights and choice - have left America.

  • emizeko [they/them]
    ·
    2 years ago

    the right to accumulate property without limit, and the choice of which bourgeois party rules you

  • zifnab25 [he/him, any]
    ·
    2 years ago

    Going to my local Iranian Consulate in Blue Lives Matter swag and showing my solidarity