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“It’s insane that civil rights are being denied people in this day and age. It’s embarrassing, and it’s heartbreaking. It goes without saying that I completely in support of gay marriage. In 10 years we’ll be ashamed that this was an issue.” Chris Evans has said. Governments are taking away many of the rights we were born with as humans. Some countries can’t get an education unless they pay a lot of money, also some of our freedom of speech is taken away. In few countries they can only have a certain amount of children. In Anthem a lot of this happened because pretty much every human right we have was taken away from them.
In some african countries they don’t have any education because of many things. Some of the things that prevent them from having an education is that they can’t acquire some of the supplies, or the places to learn in. “Some 46 million African children — nearly half the school-age population — have never set foot in a classroom, according to the United Nations.” It says on usatoday.com. Also in some countries they don’t allow women to get an education. In Anthem you get put into a job and you have no choice and if you are dumb then you are put in the home of the scholars. It is hard for kids to attain a successful life if they don’t have a proper education.
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Congress may not favor one religion over another.” But in some countries they don’t have that freedom. Some countries need to integrate and decide on what to do with the people of their country. In Anthem they only know certain things and they have to be the same as everyone else. They can’t say whatever they want or do anything we can do because they have no freedom. In America we have a lot more freedom than other countries we have freedom of religion and press where in countries like North Korea they can’t put out whatever they want or what they

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