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.

Yes, but at least they weren't aborted.

-Republicans

In my case, it happened when my son was just six months old and I learned that the supposedly “organic” baby food pouches that he was addicted to were, in fact, chock full of carcinogenic heavy metals that have been linked to numerous neurological disorders, including autism.

... I'm immediately more skeptical of this.

Found the link to the study in the article for those who wanna go to the source: https://cdn.wildapricot.com/220571/resources/Documents/Jama_Child%20Mortality.Forrest_2025_oi_250043_1751296932.04615.pdf not sure if it supports the premise yet.

But... but ... The children!! ✝️

What a shithole country.

Our study findings suggest that children in foster care represent a critically vulnerable population. Children in foster care were 42% more likely to die than children in the general population, and the disparity was largely irrespective of race or age. In addition, the mortality gap widened over time.

Locally, Oklahoma DHS did not report a teen missing from a group home missing for THREE WEEKS. She turned up dead. I knew kids who ran away from their group homes to get medical care.

Murca. Are you okay? Wtf

America just doesnt value life, across the board in every single category.

In my case, it happened when my son was just six months old and I learned that the supposedly “organic” baby food pouches that he was addicted to were, in fact, chock full of carcinogenic heavy metals that have been linked to numerous neurological disorders, including autism

And of course this is in the US again. What a fucking godawful place to live! Why would anyone in their right mind chose to live in such a third world shit hole where every company is out to fuck you over just to get an extra penny out of you?

Seriously, what went wrong? Why do US citizens actually believe that anything about their country is remotely normal, let alone "duh best!"? Have you all been so collectively brainwashed that you don't know right from wrong anymore? Wait, don't answer that....

And now that the grand Cheeto is turning the entire country into Nazi Germany, Americans still can't be arsed to get off their asses and do something about it. You know, Americans, those larger than life types that will always do what's right and sacrifice their own lives to save the day and the world? Yeah, even a fucking protest is too much to ask. And before anyone posts "but muh no kings protests!!!": fuck off!

It was ONE day of protest where a tiny sliver of the country protested peacefully. Good on those that actually weren't cowards and showed up but it's still a tiny sliver of the country. Want to see real protests? Look at European protests.

Do the no king protests ten times bigger and all day every day for the next forever until trump & cronies are done and then we'll talk but until then, most of you are spineless uncaring cowards.

I am SO done with that shit hole country. I wouldn't care if I could but of course the US made sure that the entire world has to bathe in Trump's diarrhea so there is no escaping his shit

YOU guys caused this shit,bayou let it happen for decades now, FIX YOUR DAMNED SHIT.

Sorry, went on a slight tangent after having seen the 357th shit article about something shit in the US because people just don't care.

Life is cheap in the USA.

American hubris coming home to roost.

You were warned.

This is the way it used to be. Cities didn't used to be able to sustain themselves through the birthrate alone; they were so toxic and dangerous that they would eat the populations within them, and needed a continuous flow of people from the countryside to sustain the population. Who would then, as the years went by, get fed into the maw and replaced in their turn.

Doing the whole country that way hasn't been tried before to my knowledge, but what the hell, we might as well be the first to give it a shot.