valtia

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[–] valtia@lemmy.world -1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

There will always be nitpicks whenever the resolution is not completely meaningless and devoid of any actionable steps. If the vote was started again just stating that nations are generally against starvation, then I'm sure the US would vote yes.

But maybe not!

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (1 children)

What's actually the point of this exercise? Trying to scrape together reasons to be proud of living in a fascist dictator state, "not everything is that bad", just reads like cope. Yeah sure, there are some decent places in the US, but even those could be much better than they are. Every facet of life in the US is being held back by the fascism part, even whatever "good" parts we can brainstorm up

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 6 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Let's be honest, it's pretty much the entire state. We're* not 49th in k-12 education for nothing!

*Although I moved to WA a few years ago

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago (3 children)

Winnemucca be like that

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

The difference between how China is handling these classes compared to how the US (and Canada) handled tribal cultural and linguistic genocide generally is not even close to comparable. You have absolutely no clue. It is disgusting that you are attempting to compare the severity at all just to lose an internet argument.

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 9 points 1 month ago (1 children)

That's your best comeback?

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 24 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (19 children)

In the US, all children are required to take English classes from kindergarten and up until the end of high school. There are no alternatives offered, if a student can't speak English, then they are at the very least offered ESL classes in addition to their regular English courses, but they still must take those courses and pass in order to get a diploma

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 3 points 2 months ago

I second Common Side Effects, great series

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 6 points 2 months ago

Some were, but generations of cultural genocide, land theft, and economic pressures meant that many domesticated crops and practices were lost. For example, it was illegal in many places for indigenous americans to eat any "indian" food or to grow, hunt, or collect any of their traditional foods. They were forced to work for low pay and spend money to buy western foods, or they were forced to stay on reservations and rely on federal food programs

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago)

And yet people like you still can't commit to such an easy ask

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

Office was renamed to 365 literal years ago

[–] valtia@lemmy.world 7 points 4 months ago

It's likely you haven't heard of it because it's a US thing mostly

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