• Mario_Dies.wav@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    11 months ago

    We’ve been regressing though. Bush gave us the Patriot Act, Obama took no action to lift it. Same with Guantanamo and the use of torture, Obama took no action to rescind these things that I’m aware of. Trump put refugees and immigrants in cocentration camps, Biden built even more of these camps.

    The problem is the Democrats are not preserving the rights we have. They’re willing to compromise on basic human rights.

    I’ve been around since Reagan, and I’ve been watchin this happen in real time. The few “wins” in human rights have been bittersweet since they are always won by throwing other groups of people under the bus – for instance, Obama’s healthcare plan that successfully helped more middle-income people gain access to healthcare while causing actual harm to our lowest income earners.

    I’ve never seen this protection you’re talking about. I’ve seen both parties drift further to the right and become more and more defensive of the capitalist status quo.