Agreed. The misogyny is clear, even ignoring any hint of trans issues. But, I don’t know what a settlement would look like and how much effort it would be to fight WMT lawyers.

“Sure my boss took advantage of me, but I will always remain firm on this point: it was a consensual relationship,” Lewinsky wrote in 2014. “Any ‘abuse’ came in the aftermath, when I was made a scapegoat in order to protect his powerful position.”

Lewinsky says she now sees that her relationship with Clinton was full of “inappropriate abuse of authority, station, and privilege.”

“Now, at 44, I’m beginning (just beginning) to consider the implications of the power differentials that were so vast between a president and a White House intern,” she wrote. “I’m beginning to entertain the notion that in such a circumstance the idea of consent might well be rendered moot.”

– https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/onpolitics/2018/02/26/monica-lewinsky-vanity-fair/375452002/

@andros_rex@lemmy.world didn’t take away Lewinski’s agency.

That’s assault, “brotha”.

– Billy Madison

You don’t think retirement is a human right or at least should be?

In a post-scarcity society, no one should have to work. But, if there is scarcity, I don’t believe those with less-working-time should (important EDIT) NOT be forced to provide for those with more-working-time.

I do think government-organized retirement is a good thing, but I don’t feel it is a human right.

let’s pump the brakes on the healthcare

I didn’t say that. I think healthcare in the U.S. is woeful, and hardly anything that is a human right is provided as a right. And, we should massively expand the availability of healthcare.

I did imply there are some medical procedures that I don’t believe are human rights. Depending on who I’m talking to, we might even disagree whether a procedure is medical or not. Some people swear by their chiropractors or essential oil treatments.

“half” is not really correct; I know that’s not the point though.

The American people collectively had the power to prevent this, and collectively chose not to. Fortunately for me (an American), collective punishment is a war crime, for now.

I don’t agree that they should lose their human rights. Dehumanization is a step too far for me.

I believe there is some level of healthcare that is a human right.

I don’t think “job security” or “retirement” is a human right, though I think we might be in a post-scarcity world (where anyone can “retire” if they wish) and we just aren’t acting like it.

I made 100k / yr for a decade. I was not able to retire. Tho, I am in a better position than many of my peers.

I no longer make 100k / yr, but I’m still above median for my state, and with this job I can also help provide care for a disabled family member in their home.

Feral vs tame