Between the defunding of social security, healthcare, daily mass shootings, and uncontrolled climate change (all Republican priorities), I kind of doubt that — Mr Bee
I’m not stereotyping, nor do I consider the ruling class enemies. — Xtrix
With Roe vs. Wade squashed, we should expect a population explosion in the US in the coming few decades. — Agent Smith
Between the defunding of social security, healthcare, daily mass shootings, and uncontrolled climate change (all Republican priorities), I kind of doubt that. — Mr Bee
not so much actual solidarity inside the class — ssu
Fertility rate goes actually down when people get more prosperous and the fertility rates have gone steadily gone down around the World. Abortion bans mean quite little, actually. Only something as crazy as ban on contraceptives might have an effect.
And anyway, this decision just separates the US states even more. I really doubt that California or Washington State would dramatically change their abortion laws now. — ssu
Like in 1971 Nixon saying that he is now a Keynesian? When especially Keynesianism is one of the most successful economic schools of all time, the idea of Keynesianism/New Deal -thinkers vs. the elites just sounds a bit strange.True, it wasn’t 100% solidarity. No kidding. — Xtrix
I dunno how fertility rates are calculated. If I'm correct it uses birth rates in the population and that in all likelihood ignores abortions and miscarriages that should appear in their very own categories. In other words, fertility rate ain't the whole story if you catch my drift. — Agent Smith
Like in 1971 Nixon saying that he is now a Keynesian? When especially Keynesianism is one of the most successful economic schools of all time, the idea of Keynesianism/New Deal -thinkers vs. the elites just sounds a bit strange. — ssu
With Roe vs. Wade squashed, we should expect a population explosion in the US in the coming few decades.
— Agent Smith
Between the defunding of social security, healthcare, daily mass shootings, and uncontrolled climate change (all Republican priorities), I kind of doubt that. — Mr Bee
Poor(er) countries have larger populations, oui monsieur/mademoiselle? — Agent Smith
The drop in crime that began in the late 1980s was (at least in part) a result of R vs. W. The unwanted children who were not born did not become problem youth. — Bitter Crank
When did I say there wasn't and Old Right ...or those who are against the New Deal? There are those even today — ssu
IME, in light of this last week of wingnut rulings from SCOTUS, Biden and the Dems have no choice but to take these "emergency" actions asap (no later than August 1st, 2022) in the following sequence:
1A. By Executive Order of POTUS, issue permits to set up mobile abortion clinics on easily accessible federal lands in all states where abortion and abortion services are outlawed.
1B. CIC orders all miilitary bases, accessible to civilians, located in states where abortion and abortion services are outlawed, to immediately set up, within base hospital facilities, secure abortion clinics to be staffed by civilian abortion providers and open to both civilians and military personnel seeking reproductive healthcare.
2. Kill the US Senate's jim/jane crow Filibuster Rule.
3. Pass the Judiciary Act of 2021 which expands SCOTUS by four or more justices.
I think this achievable list constitutes a reasonable criterion by which to judge the political will and governing competence of POTUS and the Congressional Democratic Leadership. Are they antifascists or fucking collaborators? — 180 Proof
More specific is Exodus 21:22–25 which imagines a scenario in which a pregnant woman is injured through her involvement (or perhaps her intervention) in a fight between two men. The Hebrew version of this passage is clear about priorities: if all that happens is the fetus is lost through miscarriage then the man who injured the woman should just pay a fine. In the world of Exodus 21, this is the equivalent to losing ox or a donkey: the money is to make up for lost earnings and so the fetus is regarded as property.
It's also clear that Griswold, Obergefell, Lawrence, & Loving should be codified — Maw
Yeah. Got to get rid of the filibuster rule first. :up: — 180 Proof
It seemed to me that underlying Trump’s attempts to befriend Putin was an idea of bringing countries dominated by white people together. — ArielAssante
Are they antifascists or fucking collaborators? — 180 Proof
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