Shout out black vans of secret police grabbing civilians off the streets during the 2020 George Floyd Uprisings.
Did anything ever come of that? It was terrifying.
Honestly, I never heard about it again after that, but I also didn’t go specifically looking, either.
I think I recall reading that some people were held and then let go. Kind of anticlimactic, but I think it was also grounds for lawsuits in some cases.
Actually yes:
Tucked inside the National Defense Authorization Act (H.R. 6395), which just became law, is a new requirement for federal military and civilian law enforcement personnel involved in the federal government’s response to a “civil disturbance” to wear visible identification of themselves and the name of the government entity employing them.
Probably not, oh well
Can’t believe I forgot about that…
Too much shut going on. Honestly I hope those people are ok :(
Me(european) enjoying any cyberpunk genre media(its just the usa with cooler graphics)
health insurance doesn’t cover new chrome, choom
I think China is way more cyberpunk, at least in the big cities.
But distopian often still has a ruling class or government owning corporations who are exempt. I guess the lower classes just become 99.9% of people.
Privileged while working class, yea
Sounds familiar lmao
I live in a third world country, but I am not from here and because of that I earn a pretty good wage compared to the local population.
The other night, I was walking home with my wife and it felt really cyberpunk at night.
On the street there were a bunch of little stalls and shops selling second hand clothes, or cheap quality phone cases and chargers.
In the distance there were these huge condo buildings and behind us were the skyscrapers of the business district.
The streets were filled with people walking to and from their destination as they don’t have cars, or can’t book a ride on their phone. The trails have huge lines and are packed. Packed so dense that I was once worried my wife couldn’t breath.
There’s a short film called “Homoworld” where straight people are the marginalised group. It’s on YouTube. It’s kinda fun
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Lifestyle is a poor choice of words when talking about the LGBT community
In my understanding, sprouting from my native language, which is not english, “lifestyle” means how you navigate through life, as in how you dress, speak and act amongst people. It has no denigrating conotation.
In the English speaking world and more specifically the US lifestyle was and still is used in a demeaning way. It still means the same as what you described however being attracted to the same gender as you is not a choice and describing being gay as a choice is just inaccurate.
Most people understand that hating on a person for something they cannot change is stupid, however homophobes get around this by calling queer peoples existence a lifestyle and then think they can justify their hatred through that.
I really don’t know what kind of answer I am expected to give, following yours.
Perhaps, I don’t care how americans think and how they treat individuals with different views in life is reasonable?
The fiation with fitting (forcing) individuals into labels, then attached to groups, to isolate people is hideous.
I do not care about the sexual orientation (or lack thereof) of an individual in order to engage with that person on a personal, social or professional setting.
I am dealing with a human being with the exact same aspirations I have and, as such, that person is worthy of respect by default.
If a single word is viewed as a taunt or whatever it may be by default, even if the person using it explains the reason for it, that alone states that any atempt of dialogue in stunted at the bud.
It’s a good translation in some cases but the nuance and connotations in this case means you should be using culture. Lifestyle in English generally refers more to choices you make, rather than something you are a part of, if that helps.
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