In My Lifetime
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1949 – present we stopped spitting in public we started using seatbelts we began recycling plastics of all types we stopped carrying guns into the saloon we stopped littering our highways we stopped drinking martinis at lunch we stopped smoking in offices and restaurants we stopped demonizing gay people we started protecting our air and water we started protecting species as best we can we made our world accessible to the disabled we elected a black woman Vice President of the U.S. we eliminated the death penalty we started yelling NO! to monuments of confederate slavery we started yelling NO! to using more plastic we started yelling NO! to sexual misconduct we started yelling NO! to workplace discrimination we started yelling NO! to unsustainable extraction we started yelling NO! to police violence we stopped dropping atomic bombs (so far) but, toxic social media, ai run amok, gun violence, racial, religious and ethnic prejudice, antisemitism, religious vs secular polarization, science denial and the unvaccinated, endless wars, armed nuclear weapons, sexual deviance, lying, the politicization of everything, poverty & inequality, and denying women's sovereignty over their bodies, continue to plague us, however, eventually, we can and do change for the better. sp
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