Nothing like being pro Palestinian while making a point for public transportation

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A reminder that the noblest thing you can do is plant a tree in whose shade you already know you will never sit, as the proverb goes.
Pave the way. Become the best ancestor they can have

There's something so pure about being able to love everything. To connect. We don't just love people. We love animals, we love objects, we love places. We love. It's one of those little things that I think about sometimes, that I love about humanity.
One of the first signs of humanity is not just manipulating objects to make tools. It's funerary rites. It's making art. It's abstract communication. It's naming things that matter to us. It's creating silly little things. It's so much more.
People got buried with things they didn't need but they cared about in life.
These little things - they make us human. And honestly? I think that's wonderful, and it makes life worth living.

There is ALWAYS a reason to hope.

This one is interesting because conservatives really cannot differentiate prison from free labor except on the price. OP is absolutely right on slavery and its effects

I don't 100% agree with this in the sense that we can't consume our way to a better world, there is still no ethical consumption, but abstinence from consuming certain products - as a STRATEGIC form of activism - absolutely works.

It's been many, many years since I have bothered to debate a climate change denier. They are not worth talking to, ever.