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A bad government breeds social inequality and this leads to desperation among citizens. You can't just blame citizens as if there's something in the air in SF.

A bad government breeds social inequality and this leads to desperation among citizens. You can't just blame citizens as if there's something in the air in SF. People are desperate. Tbh the whole US system is so messed up, it's generations upon generations of PTSD among the working masses. I hate to get into these discussions but it makes my blood boil to see how people are left stranded with no safety net and just more and more money gouging corporations around them.

joemazerino 4y ago
What does this have to do with murder? This could have been premeditated or a random attack. No one knows yet.
- INTPenis 4y ago
  I sure as hell don't know but the poster blamed the citizens as if there's something in the air in SF. And all the comments are about the general state of the city, rather than a targeted attack. So calm down, read the comments and you'll see that no one has any idea what happened and are just grasping.
- alistairSH 4y ago
  Legneato blamed "the government" for the state of the city. I was only pointing out that the government is us. We elect them, they don't existing a vacuum. I never directly blamed the citizens, but they are the ones who live there, work there, and elect the government, so at least indirectly, they are to blame. It's a wealthy city - there's no reason (beyond apathy or greed) that the government can't implement policies that make the city a better place.
alistairSH 4y ago
I don't disagree with anything you said. But governments, and the policies they enact, don't exist in a vacuum. And local government is the most direct/effective place to vote for change.
buzzert 4y ago
> left stranded with no safety net I don't understand why this lie keeps getting repeated. The US has a very generous social safety net, even compared to wealthy western-European countries. Most especially San Francisco, which has rent assistance, free healthcare, stipends, and countless other things.

joemazerino 4y ago

What does this have to do with murder? This could have been premeditated or a random attack. No one knows yet.

INTPenis 4y ago
I sure as hell don't know but the poster blamed the citizens as if there's something in the air in SF. And all the comments are about the general state of the city, rather than a targeted attack. So calm down, read the comments and you'll see that no one has any idea what happened and are just grasping.
alistairSH 4y ago
Legneato blamed "the government" for the state of the city. I was only pointing out that the government is us. We elect them, they don't existing a vacuum. I never directly blamed the citizens, but they are the ones who live there, work there, and elect the government, so at least indirectly, they are to blame. It's a wealthy city - there's no reason (beyond apathy or greed) that the government can't implement policies that make the city a better place.

alistairSH 4y ago

I don't disagree with anything you said. But governments, and the policies they enact, don't exist in a vacuum. And local government is the most direct/effective place to vote for change.

buzzert 4y ago

> left stranded with no safety net I don't understand why this lie keeps getting repeated. The US has a very generous social safety net, even compared to wealthy western-European countries. Most especially San Francisco, which has rent assistance, free healthcare, stipends, and countless other things.