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Texas makes Bible passages required reading for millions of public school students
(www.theguardian.com)
this post was submitted on 27 Jun 2026
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Reading about the USA really is incredibly depressing. I just look at news articles like this, and wonder how things ever got so bad.
Our democracy got hacked. You just can't have billionaires and democracy long term
These problems have been brewing since before we were a country. Turns out you can't make a system that panders to racist slavers without substantial consequences.
The cracks were always there, but it's like global warming. Decades and decades of people ringing the alarm bell and warning signs before things come to the natural conclusion
We're getting real close to the find out part of both issues
It's not hacked. Our government is working exactly as intended: for the benefit of the owning class and reinforcement of their hierarchical control over society.
Both things can be true. But it was definitely hacked
And by that I mean the democracy part has been manipulated over a long period so a minority has more power than the majority. That's why religious extremists are able to achieve things like this - they're a small group of the population, but the fascist technocrats behind it all like to use their heraldry
But without voter suppression, breaking norms, and stacking the courts, this never would have flown
You wonder?