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As 75 Democrats Vote to Praise ICE, Ilhan Omar Wants to Hold Police Accountable for Protest Abuses (theintercept.com)

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Trying to pass laws to defend protesters’ rights is a lonely battle on Capitol Hill.

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[–] SoftestSapphic@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

Money is power in these systems where we force people to obtain money for survival.

If wealth were perpetually equally distributed, and if we allowed people to just have human needs in this post scarcity world, then this kind of corruption would no longer be possible or desirable.