bitterseafigtree:

iwilleatyourenglish:

nicolewrites:

psst hey america,

ireland has amended their constitution 36 times in 80 years. you’ve done it 27 in over 200 years.

times are changing. take notes. stop killing your children with weapons of destruction.

can other countries stop acting like america is a singular, ignorant hive mind? or that change is easy here?

there are horrific systems of oppression in place here and many of us can barely afford to even live let alone fight. those who do fight for change are doing it against a wildly corrupt government designed to prevent progress and silence us.

like i’m glad ireland is able to make these changes, but it’s really fucking hard to ammend the constitution here, especially when corrupt politicians hold a power monopoly.

we seriously don’t all slobber over the constitution. a HUGE percentage of us want change, but our government doesn’t represent us and pretty much implements policies without any input from us.

if change was easier, our children would not be getting slaughtered in their schools, people wouldn’t be starving and dying of treatable disease, black people wouldn’t be getting shot in the streets, and immigrant children wouldn’t be getting ripped from their parents’ arms.

also, other countries need to stop acting like y’all are high and mighty and flawless.

The population of Ireland is about 4.8 million. The population of the US is 325.7 million.

We’re a big fucking country with a lot of opinions and a lot of oppression. We’re trying our best.