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Minneapolis is not getting rid of the police department as a quick Google would happily show you. Its a fallacy to assume it is a failure of a public option wh
by CerealFounder 5y ago
Minneapolis is not getting rid of the police department as a quick Google would happily show you.
Its a fallacy to assume it is a failure of a public option when it just as easily can be that we've been marketed that we are vulnerable and unsafe. Almost all stats have TODAY being just about the safest moment for violent crime in the history of humanity.
Dont confuse a change in peoples purchasing habits as a logical response to something intrinsic. Its barely ever correlated.
edit: I actually reread and saw you said "perceived value," I agree with you, I just think its a tragedy people are so scared. Although SF seems to be really having a problem.
- lolbrels 5y agoStretching the scope of violence over the entirety of human history is not a good metric considering the mass death and wars. Lowering the scope down to the past decade I would say an entire year of BLM riots, mass looting, firebombing courthouses, small business owners devastated...you catch my drift. I'm not sure whether your comment was just naïve or intentionally misleading to downplay what has been happening the past year or two. There is definitely a correlation between that and increased security presence on site at many locations. Especially when the police simply stood by in some instances while looters had free reign over entire city blocks gleefully snatching whatever they could. Disgusting.
- lliamander 5y agoThis past year has been markedly worse for many people than it was just a few short years ago.