Hahaha epic

Kids have already protested these changes. Not to mention this goes all the way up to University, where adults are.

Does that mean that I grew up in a fascist west? Before diversity and inclusion were a thing anyone talked about?

No, because the political context of the 80s was different – there wasn’t a ban on it in your childhood because there was no such thing, even if some of the ideas and policies existed, they wouldn’t have been labelled “EDI” or “DEI”. The current move to explicitly ban these policies and offices from schools (and punish corporations for having it) is in reaction to a shift in mainstream American political discourse.

I don’t understand how fascism just POPS into the discussion

It doesn’t – the DeSantis Administration has continually built up a reputation of authoritarian governing methods combined with right-wing economic and social policies. IE: Fascism, or at the least, overt right-wing authoritarianism.

He governs Florida the way Erdogan governs Turkey, or Viktor Orban governs Hungary, attacking political opposition and consolidating power. He has removed 2 democratically elected District Attorneys and appointed his political allies in their place, including one who lost the election to the removed official. His political appointees are currently reshaping a public college into a “Hillsdale of the South”, after the private Christian college in Pennsylvania or somewhere. That college was previously a haven for trans and gay people. The Florida State Guard is shaping up to be a 21st-century version of Brownshirts, answerable only to the Governor.

I’m from the 80’s. It didn’t feel fascist to not grow up with diversity and inclusion classes You also grew up in a far less polarised time, which isn’t to say you grew up in a time when “racism was defeated” or something, just that more openly violent bigotry wasn’t tolerated. While I don’t exactly think that US presidents of the 80s were egalitarians who honoured the Civil Rights movement, they said all the correct things publically, condemning right-wing violence unequivocally.

Also, there aren’t “classes”. I believe you’re conflating things like critical race theory and EDI. Diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives are more of an institutional outlook that tries to consciously account for the fact that people hold certain prejudices that might lead them to pass up someone more qualified for the role. Most American corporations have DEI initiatives, even though most American corporations are still run by white men. It’s just that those white men are now thinking “Well, what other perspectives can we bring to the company to make us more competitive, and what are we taking for granted that might be impacting our business?” It’s not ideological, in fact, most of these corporations donate to business-friendly candidates of both parties. Public organizations can have these initiatives too, which is why you hear about it in schools and universities, but it’s still more about the teachers and workers of the school and not the classes.

What’s your opinion about Congress’s shape after abolishing the Senate? Unicameral? Personally, I’d like to see it replaced with a proportional party-list body.

That way, you replace 100 for 100, and don’t have to transfer any of the Senate’s responsibilities to the House.

I think some rural states don’t, and they even allow horses and pedestrians.

Yeah the asshole replies were unexpected, had no idea it would offend so many people

This is a comment section, not a peer-reviewed journal, sir

I do grasp writing, that is specifically why I asked this question, because the headline framing it as a loss is negative to people who aren’t already supportive of climate action.

Why not “youth activists win climate change fight against montana?”

us Elections cost lots of money anyways because of superPACs and how long one cycle is (campaigning starts YEARS early).

Not sure what the angle of the article is (commenting before reading), but before we even get to the cost of individual services, I became disillusioned with streaming after Final Space was obliterated from existence for a tax write-off, and then hearing about what Disney pulled with Willow, and most recently the un-ordering of a whole second season of Star Trek Prodigy.

Good.

Another absolutely based move from Midwestern Dems that makes Coastal Dems look like Republicans

Exactly! The Court is being used as a tool to permanently constrain American politics for the next 50 years, no matter what party is in power. A year ago, there were legitimate concerns they’d gut American democracy by enabling state legislatures unchecked power to run their own elections, which would have enabled outright single party rule, mask off.

(One could argue that large parts of the US already qualify as a single-party theocratic dictatorship, looking at you Florida)

While transit equity is valid, I would prefer if the answers to racism and inequitality was “reparations and the dismantlement of racial hierarchies.”

alan fisher or economics explained?