Quotes
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You are powerful – Aaron Swartz
It’s easy sometimes to feel like you’re powerless, like when you come out on the streets and you march and yell and nobody hears you. But I’m here to tell you today you are powerful. — Aaron Swartz
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21 struggles faced by a dad raising a daughter in a sexist world
…not only are princesses generally helpless and only find fulfilment through marriage, but they are also parasitical members of noxious ruling class steeped in entrenched privilege, the influence of whom keeps Britain mired in Dark Ages deference to a tribe of inbred, crown-topped butler-enthusiasts. http://usvsth3m.com/post/21-struggles-faced-by-a-dad-raising-a-daughter-in-a-sexist-world
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It’s down to politicians to persuade non-voters otherwise, not to force them to vote.
It’s down to politicians to persuade non-voters otherwise, not to force them to vote. http://leftfootforward.org/2015/01/compulsory-voting-no-sweeping-intervention-can-fix-our-electoral-system/
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Benefit sanctions: they’re absurd and don’t work very well, experts tell MPs
It [the sanctions regime] is a secret penal system because the decisions [to stop benefit payments] are made in secret, by officials; the claimant is not present; they are not legally represented; the punishment is applied before there is any hearing; if they get a hearing it is only long after the punishment has been…