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Comic Strips is a community for those who love comic stories.

The rules are simple:

The post can be a single image, an image gallery, or a link to a specific comic hosted on another site (the author's website, for instance).
The comic must be a complete story.
If it is an external link, it must be to a specific story, not to the root of the site.
You may post comics from others or your own.
If you are posting a comic of your own, a maximum of one per week is allowed (I know, your comics are great, but this rule helps avoid spam).
The comic can be in any language, but if it's not in English, OP must include an English translation in the post's 'body' field (note: you don't need to select a specific language when posting a comic).
Politeness.
AI-generated comics aren't allowed.
Adult content is not allowed. This community aims to be fun for people of all ages.

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[–] TheDoozer@lemmy.world 3 points 13 hours ago

So... look, I hate having to pick at something that I generally agree with, but it wasn't illegal for women to have bank accounts or credit cards or whatever prior to 1974. It just became illegal to discriminate against women for bank accounts as of the 1974 law.

I get that it's a subtle distinction, but the reason it is important is because there are those who would think that as long as the government isn't actively oppressing a group, then it's doing fine ("it was illegal for women to have bank accounts, now it's not. Job's done!"), as opposed to recognizing that it is people who oppress others and it is the government's job (like it was in 1974) to prevent it.

Banks (most, anyway) did not allow women to have bank accounts or lines of credit. And they'd do it again (or some other discriminatory bullshit) without government regulation.