Nice cop out for someone that comes off so idealistic and self righteous about what other people do.
You are a classic example of a hypocrite. So your convictions are not worth sacrificing for?
Why should anyone else sacrifice their life then from benefiting from said system if you won’t?
Your responses, your desire for single-payer healthcare, your support for minimum wage laws, etc. I have never seen you express your support for anything that allows choice.
One can live in luxury compared to almost any time in history, or compared to almost every other country presently with a job obtained only with a HS diploma.
People can choose to think their lives suck because they aren’t the same as those doing better. Many have money problems, but those are mostly down to choices they make. I’ve heard this IRL too. Guys claiming they can’t get ahead while they live in a 3,000 sqft house, have a financed truck and SUV in the garage, have the best internet and cable package, new smart phones. That is the result of choices they make, not US policies, not the economy the boomers left them. Some adjustments to their spending and those people could be rich. I am happy with my 1200 sqft house, used cars I’ve bought with cash, no cable, a 4 year old smart phone on the lost cost plan I could find, while saving / investing a good chunk of my paycheck. I am living in luxury compared to most of the world. I don’t see it necessary to try to compete with others to be the best consumer.
THIS
So many people play “keeping up with the Jones’” and make good money, but are really leveraged and in debt to the hilt.
I know a few people like this that make great money, but have exotics, 10K sq. ft house, large boat, etc. and they are broke.
Don’t get me wrong I went through a small phase like that too, but then I started saving / investing my money more wisely for more recurring passive income to pay for more cool shit and then some.
It is a mindset and I will definitely say society encourages debt and living above your means.
I forgot that you have a time machine so you can deliver those reparations checks to the slaves.
Tell me what left wing policies have reduced that percentage.
They would have none… They are dead.
You mentioned crime I think a few posts up. I am unsure about that increasing. Some credible sources say crime is down at least in relation to the 90s. Maybe up a bit recently, but still lower than decades ago. Perhaps some of that is what is being enforced? IDK. I also thought things like teen pregnancy were down from a few decades ago.
I know a lot of people have the perception of crime being up, and I was in that group too. Now I am just not certain about much relating to it. I do know there are differences in enforcement, and that makes it murky to understand.
Depends on the crime.
Commercial theft is up about 4X. I deal with it every day.
I can listen to others who live in a system that doesn’t place profits above everything else and so make a determination.
Kind of like the judgement I make about our awful for-profit “healthcare” system. All backed by evidence which the majority of people on here reject because it doesn’t fit their narrative. Now that is ignorant. It would also be laughable if the consequences weren’t so dire.
Yes it does. Do you ever read reviews for anything before you try it?
No, I don’t have a time machine. I’m gonna use yours. The same one you deliver checks to your children so they can benefit from the work YOU do.
Tell me, do you think the Democrats are left-wing?
When they were alive dumbass. And did they not leave anything to their children that came from that free labor?
Yes because our “healthcare” system is so awesome. You get to have the choice of going bankrupt to save the life of your child. Fucking awesome choice! Oh you say, that you don’t agree with our “healthcare” system either but don’t offer any solutions.
So DO NOT protest over injustices you see. DO NOT try and change things for the better. Just accept the status quo and move on.
And keep telling yourself the talking points of the mainstream are correct. Follow the narrative and do not ask questions.
It’s possible to think the US health care system needs work, but also recognize that a lot of countries with better health care are worse than the US on the whole.
Real rich coming from the guy who can’t analyze basic charts.
Me and my children are still alive so no time machine is necessary.
Only some miserable leftist from a broken home would think a parent living up to their parental obligations is a bad thing.
You didn’t answer the question.
I’m not a forensic accountant but you yourself benefit from all of these evils you see, what are you giving back?
Chances of being the victim of property crime has gone up though.
From an epidemiological perspective, a hike in violent crime over one year (say during covid) isn’t indicative of a ‘trend’. It appears as if rates of violent crime as a whole aren’t necessarily increasing or decreasing.
For the cities deteriorating i.e portland, you tend to see a large influx of undesirable individuals flocking to those regions.
In the grand scheme of things, this leads to dysfunctional ‘hotspots’ developing. Those areas don’t reflect what is going on from within the entire US.
You’ll find ultra liberal cities tend to have higher crime rates due to policy enactments that are… ‘misguided’ at best.
Interestingly, it would appear as if cities within conservative states generally appear to have higher rates of violent crime.
rates of violent crime in the US aren’t going up. There was a hike during covid, the george floyd riots etc.
But from an epidemiological perspective… no… the news does report on violent crime an awful lot more than it used to though.
Back in the day blissful ignorance was very much omnipresent. So much so that kids and adolescents alike used to hitchike all over the country.
Getting driven around by strangers didn’t seem alarming. This in no way meant that there was a shortage of sickos out there.
Here’s a quote from the early 1960s
‘The concern and the distress of the American people over the national problem of drug abuse is expressed every day in the newspapers, the magazines, scientific journals, public forums and in the home. It is a serious and many-faceted problem’
What REALLY is bad now is the rising costs of living. A good number of young adults (my generation and previous generations) showcase no interest in getting married or having kids. I’m talking about men AND women here.
Surveys indicate the number one reason young people are foregoing relationships/having kids is due to concerns over rising costs of living. This is leading many to pursue career centric lifestyles.
And interestingly, some of the long term data coming out now seems to indicate many who made the choice to avoid marriage/kids don’t regret it… but they will later on down the line when job shortages, lack of societal innovation or care for the elderly becomes the norm.
The worlds population is likely going to stop exponentially increasing soon… while overpopulation is bad… you don’t want a society full of geezers either.
@mnben87 if you think violent crime is rising, the stats available don’t agree with you.
Define left wing…
Is ‘left wing’ only characterised by radically left wing philosophy?
If so… then generally no. Some of the democrats are ‘left wing’ just as some republicans are ‘right wing’ if the definition of right wing only =/= far right or alt right (distinctly different from one another).
Alt right is an ill defined subgroup of the radically right wing, and while far right generally refers to authoritarian, ultra nationalist/supremacist ideology… alt right tends to be far more steeped in conspiracy.
Same goes for alt left vs far left. Far left groups tend to be proponents of authoritarianism, anarchism, communism and the likes.
Alt left is all that wrapped up in bullshit conspiracy theories
With that out of the way… most democrats are left wing if we refer to the centrist/centre left side of the political compass.
Most democrats are not left wing if we refer to the far left/alt left portion of the political compass.
Crime stats are down because the liberal DAs are not prosecuting or they are reducing from felony to misdemeanor
also, in some cities, cops wont respond to certain calls, therefore crime isnt reported as such
Like i said before, you ain’t changing shit
