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I am begging you to watch this. I won’t lie, I just cried for an hour and a half straight. This documentary has put so many of the fears I have bubbling away under my skin into film - it’s not enjoyable being awake to the almost hopeless situation our species is in, but it is vital for our future. You’re planning on having children? To me, without understanding and taking action against what we are doing to our planet and members of our species, that is the most irresponsible and selfish thing. Our children are going to suffer more than we can imagine if we don’t do something now. If we saw animals behaving the way we do - by destroying their environment and killing each other in war - we would think they were sick in some way. And yet we see ourselves as being superior. Humans are currently nothing but a cancer to our earth. It doesn’t have to be this way.

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explainguncontrolandsafespaces

It’s like millennials do not understand that middle east has been at war for 1000′s of years. That we intervened on behalf of Kuwait. That without “bombing” people that want to kill and oppress others, millions will be murdered and tortured.

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“at war for 1000′s of years”

you clearly know nothing about Afghanistan nor the middle east

here’s Afghanistan in the 1950′s, 60′s, & 70′s

if you really want to know what caused all the instability & growth of extremist groups I suggest you take a look at the US foreign policy towards Afghanistan during the 80′s

It’s interesting to note that when the communist government came to power in Afghanistan in the late 70′s, one of the first things they did was declare equality of the sexes, made education for girls mandatory, & banned child marriages. The conservative tribal leaders who the US armed & funded (& who later became the Taliban) declared this to be a “war on Islam” & fought against the central government.

The US had no problem back then with encouraging the growth of Islamic conservatism to counter socialism/communism. You created your biggest enemy & you have no one to blame but yourselves.

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BLESS THIS POST

blackfemalescientist

its crazy to me how the US talks about war in the middle east as if its this ancient problem inherent to the area instead of a recent problem created by western countries to further their own interests.

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yet to stop laughing.

aretheycalleddetectives

More people watched the Bake Off final than voted Tory in the last election, so really, by law, Nadiya is our new prime minister. I’m so happy that this is exactly how our political system works.

pr1nceshawn

Funny Voting Signs Express What People Really Think About These Elections.

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There is no lie.

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lizziej4ne

Modern art

horrchatas

jon snow does know something

dirtyliberals

My love

padmaynaberrie

The UK and US distracting themselves with memes while their countries fall apart.

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Why You Should Vote Remain

(1) This referendum is only about migration and not anything else. Let’s not delude ourselves this is about sovereignty or a chance to stand up to austerity. A vote to leave is a vote in support of xenophobia and racism. Britain will become a more dangerous place if those bigots win.

(2) Brexit would cause a recession and increase austerity. The Tories have already said they would increase cuts to services in case of another recession. Investors will inevitably get nervous in the face of so much uncertainty. This means an increase in poverty and real hardships for the most vulnerable people in the UK.

(3) Brexit will not advance any left-wing cause. The European Union did not invent neoliberalism or austerity. Britain is sadly committed to these concepts. If anything, Brexit will remove the few limits on the Tories power.

(4) The sovereignty argument is a red herring. There are problems with democratic accountability in the EU, but that would only matter if there weren’t even bigger problems with the political systems in the UK. Our voting system privileges middle England Tory supporters over everyone else.

(5) Brexit would probably increase the strain on the NHS. Aside from the fact that the Tories would love an excuse to start making cuts, Brexit would mean that most of the 2 million Brits living in the EU have to come home (because they would lose their right to free healthcare). Most of them are elderly.

(6) EU migration is both economically and culturally beneficial to the UK. Between 2000 and 2011, EU migrants made a net contribution of £20 billion to our economy. Our public services would be even worse off without them.

(7) Brexit will definitely mean job losses. At least 200,000 businesses trade with the EU and this is made possible by the shared regulation applied by the EU. Without that regulation, we lose the trade and people lose their livelihoods.

(8) Brexit will advance the careers of Boris Johnson, Michael Gove and Nigel Farage. All of whom are worse alternatives to David Cameron.