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Unpopular Opinion: We need to initiate a new Marshall Plan and increase the budget of DFID
When the Americans initiated the European Recovery Programme, in 1948, the US provided over $15 Billion (a staggering $159 Billion in 2019 prices) to help an impoverished and war torn Europe reconstruct its cities and hold communism at bay.
By Tom Guyton-Day4 years ago in The Swamp
Why you should watch 'Unplanned'
Abortion - something that is still branded as a 'women's right', and is still very hotly debated in today's society. One film challenged the narrative on the issue of abortion, as well as changing hearts and minds on this issue, is Unplanned. Regardless of your stance on the issue; here are some reasons as to why you should watch it.
By Flower Violet4 years ago in The Swamp
Coronavirus
I will first begin with a disclaimer, I am not a medical person at all, I am speaking through an historical lens and not a medical one. That being said, you don’t have to be a doctor to read a history book, but it seems the doctors at the CDC haven’t.
By Keith Jacobs4 years ago in The Swamp
411 on Event 201
There have been a lot of conspiracy theories and rumors surrounding Event 201. Here is the 411 on Event 201. All of the information stated is what government officials' are allowing the general public to know at this time. Through tedious research, this is the information that has surfaced the web since Event 201 has occurred.
By Manifestation Diva4 years ago in The Swamp
Open Immigration.
In 1492 Christofer Columbus “ discovered” what he called “The new world”, in other words Christofer Columbus immigrated to what is now the united states and claimed the land for Spain taking this land from the Native Americans. Nowadays people immigrate to the United States not to take something away from the people that live here but to find a better life, that they can not get in their countries. These people struggle even harder when they are not accepted but discriminated against and humiliated. Open immigration might scare some citizens because they think that immigrant people just come to this country to take and not to give. Agriculture, health care and technology are areas where immigrants have been beneficial.
By Veronica E4 years ago in The Swamp
The Crux of Language
Language and correctness not only obstruct our relationships and how we communicate but has already shaped our future. Do we really want a future where sympathy doesn’t count! “Why “illegal immigrant” is a slur” by Charles Garcia, “Why you shouldn’t be politically correct” by Anna Munsey-Kano and “Do you think the poor are lazy” by Anat Shenker-Osorio. The authors reflect on how political correctness, language and brought up words affect our society.
By Veronica E4 years ago in The Swamp
A Plethora of Perceptions
Continuation of the human species requires a diligent awareness of the problems that can affect humanity’s existence. The only way that we can bring awareness to our problems as a species is through a conscious effort of compiling and organizing these problems. As the HCRC, we have endeavored upon this task of building a version of this humanity’s problem repository. A repository of this nature would be comprehensive and allow not only an awareness of the problems themselves yet help begin a baseline understanding of how the problem came to be, as well as what solutions we may ponder to begin solving said problem. This can seem great and its use as a tool to positively progress our global human civilization is ideal, to say the least. One can easily shift perspectives and zoom out to see that are potential problems that could arise from the creation, governance, and enforcement of a repository of this nature that dictates which problems take precedence and which do not. Hence the importance of analyzing these pitfalls before the humanity’s problem repository, which is intended to be a tool, becomes a cumbersome problem within itself.
By Jeff McCarty4 years ago in The Swamp
Obama's Immigration Speech.
Every country in the world experiences immigration, but The United States of America experiences the highest rates of immigrants. Even though this country was built on the backs of slaves and immigrants, citizens “ fears “ that immigrants would come and take resources from them. Illegal immigrants help to contribute to the economy of this country taking jobs that citizens find degrading. Obama’s immigration speech clarifies how the new immigration reform would help the Border Patrol, how it would help those immigrants that contribute to this country, and how this new reform does not apply to people who might come to this country in the future.
By Veronica E4 years ago in The Swamp