farquaad-point this nerd thinks we care about the pathetic justifications libs make for not being able to do good things

  • Rod_Blagojevic [none/use name]@hexbear.net
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    1 year ago

    I recommend reading any version of the constitution of the USSR. There’s all kinds of enumerated positive rights. The government had legal obligations to safeguard your welfare, as opposed to the US government which is often legally prohibited from acting against the rich.

    • iridaniotter [she/her]@hexbear.net
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      1 year ago

      Socialist constitutions are always a great read, but of course liberals will say “well ackshually it’s all a ploy and they don’t follow it smuglord

    • Water Bowl Slime@lemmygrad.ml
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      I think it’ll blow Americans minds to learn that the USSR went through multiple constitutions throughout its existence. Not half-assed amendments, entirely new constitutions that protected people’s rights explicitly.

      Americans treat their constitution like the Bible and, also like the Bible, they use it to justify colonizing other countries. Because those authoritarian enemy states don’t have freedom like we do or whatever. Of course, reality is pretty much the exact opposite of that.