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    27 months ago

    The race to save the planet is being impeded by a global economy that is contingent on the exploitation of people and nature, according to the UN’s outgoing leading environment and human rights expert.

    Full stop.

    Fuck your capitalism, fuck your socialism, fuck your democracies and republics. It’s time we took everything we have learned that works for the betterment of humankind and only for the individual and create something good for all.

    • Kashif ShahOPM
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      7 months ago

      It’s time we took everything we have learned that works for the betterment of humankind and only for the individual and create something good for all.

      cough universal human rights cough

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      The UN did that back in 1948 and the US reaffirmed our commitment to it in 1977 but Congress has dragged their feet for so long that they forgot what human rights are. Even as recently as Obama:

      United States – Amnesty International writes that “The United States signed the Covenant in 1979 under the Carter administration but is not fully bound by it until it is ratified. For political reasons, the Carter administration did not push for the necessary review of the Covenant by the Senate, which must give its ‘advice and consent’ before the US can ratify a treaty. The Reagan and George H.W. Bush administrations took the view that economic, social, and cultural rights were not really rights but merely desirable social goals and therefore should not be the object of binding treaties. The Clinton Administration did not deny the nature of these rights but did not find it politically expedient to engage in a battle with Congress over the Covenant. The George W. Bush administration followed in line with the view of the previous Bush administration.”[63] The Obama Administration stated “The Administration does not seek action at this time” on the Covenant.[64] The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, argues that signing it would oblige the introduction of policies that it opposes such as universal health care.[65]

      https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Covenant_on_Economic,_Social_and_Cultural_Rights

        • Kashif ShahOPM
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          27 months ago

          For real, as far as I know, Habitat for Humanity has had pretty decent outcomes.