US children are 80 percent more likely to die before adulthood than children in peer nations. Causes range from lax gun laws to privatized health care. What connects them is a corrosive culture of individualism that makes child safety parents’ private business.
The U.S. government has made it pretty fucking clear that children’s lives don’t matter.
And I mean like really rubbed our noses in it, like a dog that shit on the carpet.
A child only matters to a repugger before they’re a child—not born yet. After that? “Go fuck yourself”.
Come on, Republicans LOVE children! There’s a whole stack of suspiciously guarded files to prove it!