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“If I put a gun to someone’s head, say, a 30-year-old healthy male, pull the trigger, and kill him, assuming an average life expectancy of, say, 84, you can argue that possibly 54 years of life [were] stolen from that person in a direct act of violence. However, if a person is born into poverty in the midst of an abundant society where it is statistically proven that it would hurt no one to facilitate meeting the basic needs of that person and yet they die at the age of 30 due to heart disease, which has been found to statistically relate to those who endure the stress and effects of low socioeconomic status, is that death, the removal of those 54 years once again, an act of violence? And the answer is ‘Yes, it is.’ You see, our legal system has conditioned us to think that violence is a direct behavioral act. The truth is that violence is a process, not an act, and it can take many forms. You cannot separate any outcome from the system by which it is oriented.”

— Peter Joseph, from this lecture. (via universalequalityisinevitable)

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i hope luigi mangione is proven innocent & gets to sue a ton of companies for slander and win & i hope he gets enough money to rebuild his life and get any help for his chronic pain that he needs & i hope he’s able to disappear from the public eye entirely if that’s what he wants

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a thing that really shook me was the study where women performed worse in a math test when they were wearing a swimsuit vs a sweater whereas for men there was no difference. objectification literally diminishes your brain capacity. i can't help but wonder what we could be in a truly liberated society because there's no way that how we are raised to be objectified and to even self objectify hasn't thoroughly poisoned our brains to always underperform even in normal clothes.

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In tears rn why did I just see someone say Trump’s felonies don’t matter because he “isn’t the first felon president” by bringing up Ulysses S. Grant… the man was arrested for a misdemeanor. The crime in question? Speeding a fucking horse-drawn carriage 😭 1872 version of a speeding ticket

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… this.

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The woman you will become in 5 years depends on:

- The books you read

- The foods you eat

- The habits you build

- The friends you meet

- The workouts you do

- The money you invest

- The sacrifices you make

Your future self is watching

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She has a point.

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SOOOO HAPPY!!!!!!

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Love it before it's gone.

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“I have no mercy or compassion in me for a society that will crush people, and then penalize them for not being able to stand up under the weight.”

- Malcolm X