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All the decriminalize crap is pushed by rich liberal types. They live in luxury apartments or out in the burbs. Worst thing they have to dodge is their fav brun

All the decriminalize crap is pushed by rich liberal types. They live in luxury apartments or out in the burbs. Worst thing they have to dodge is their fav brunch place being full. Ask any poor or working class person. They don’t want this crap. Drugs ravage their communities. They have to deal with these problems. Same thing with the defund the police and other non sense. I grew up in shit areas and went to college in an inner city. Some of my friends, college staff, and my own experiences (been robbed a dozen times) all lived thru this shit. We need police and we need to stop criminals from selling drugs and put career junkies away (they don’t want to get clean, ok go away then) Meanwhile mfs wearing Arcteryx want to lecture people wearing 2nd hand Starter they should just be cool with junkies and destruction.

nemo44x 3y ago
Upper class values are not compatible with non-upper class realities. And yet they continue to get forced on people over and over again. People take these values on and then are surprised when they don't work out and everyone feels worse off and things "just keep getting weirder and worse".
- moomoo11 3y ago
  100%. It’s why I personally stopped entertaining their nonsense and call it out. I’m personally doing okay now but I didn’t grow up with a silver spoon and parents having multiple homes. Some of the things my peers say now makes me roll my eyes and take their other opinions with a grain of salt.
pierat 3y ago
You're also wrong. Ive been to the rich liberal types' parties. You know how some of them go? Like this: You'll have a retreat to the den. The host will either send someone out to get "supplies" or they'll already have it. And they'll pull out a few eight-balls, and they'll put up a few hundreds around the room, and everyone will enjoy a few lines. They'll then retreat to the in-house pool or hot tub, and enjoy. I also had a friend who was a retired record exec, and it was routine that during lunchtime, they'd gather money to go down to the street and buy coke. Just because they're rich, doesnt mean they don't do drugs. They likely do, just not on the streets. They do from their mansions. (And its also the middle class who're scared shitless about drugs. My guess is because they don't have the money to hire a lawyer to keep a drug rap off.)
- moomoo11 3y ago
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  - pierat 3y ago
    Wow, sure wish I was in that elite class. I aint. I was a guest. > All the decriminalize crap is pushed by rich liberal types. They live in luxury apartments or out in the burbs. And they're doing those same drugs they want decriminalized. > Ask any poor or working class person. They don’t want this crap. Drugs ravage their communities. They have to deal with these problems. Again, the drugs are the escape. Escape from what? Poverty. Poverty is the actual thing ravaging communities. And in inner cities, it is definitely a zero-sum game, or likely negative-sum. Rich people do drugs as an experience with friends. Its a whole different mindset than "i want to do drugs to escape the fact I dont have enough food and my tooth hurts and avoiding the gunshot sounds outside". > Same thing with the defund the police and other non sense. Again, rich liberal types usually don't worry about petty theft or simple vandalism. They dont see it, and so they want to defund it. Ive had a unique life, where I'm now middle class, went through living on the streets in poverty, and been the guest to some of the rich liberal class. You can try to make fun of me for my experiences. Try to understand whats going on, and why. And the rich are being honest in what they ask, but not what they say. And in all my experiences, poverty and extreme income disparity is the actual elephant in the room. Drugs? They don't cause near the problem.
linuxftw 3y ago
This is indicative of overly centralized government. People should have self determination to choose the rules that are best aligned for their situations.

nemo44x 3y ago

Upper class values are not compatible with non-upper class realities. And yet they continue to get forced on people over and over again. People take these values on and then are surprised when they don't work out and everyone feels worse off and things "just keep getting weirder and worse".

moomoo11 3y ago
100%. It’s why I personally stopped entertaining their nonsense and call it out. I’m personally doing okay now but I didn’t grow up with a silver spoon and parents having multiple homes. Some of the things my peers say now makes me roll my eyes and take their other opinions with a grain of salt.

pierat 3y ago

You're also wrong. Ive been to the rich liberal types' parties. You know how some of them go? Like this: You'll have a retreat to the den. The host will either send someone out to get "supplies" or they'll already have it. And they'll pull out a few eight-balls, and they'll put up a few hundreds around the room, and everyone will enjoy a few lines. They'll then retreat to the in-house pool or hot tub, and enjoy. I also had a friend who was a retired record exec, and it was routine that during lunchtime, they'd gather money to go down to the street and buy coke. Just because they're rich, doesnt mean they don't do drugs. They likely do, just not on the streets. They do from their mansions. (And its also the middle class who're scared shitless about drugs. My guess is because they don't have the money to hire a lawyer to keep a drug rap off.)

moomoo11 3y ago
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- pierat 3y ago
  Wow, sure wish I was in that elite class. I aint. I was a guest. > All the decriminalize crap is pushed by rich liberal types. They live in luxury apartments or out in the burbs. And they're doing those same drugs they want decriminalized. > Ask any poor or working class person. They don’t want this crap. Drugs ravage their communities. They have to deal with these problems. Again, the drugs are the escape. Escape from what? Poverty. Poverty is the actual thing ravaging communities. And in inner cities, it is definitely a zero-sum game, or likely negative-sum. Rich people do drugs as an experience with friends. Its a whole different mindset than "i want to do drugs to escape the fact I dont have enough food and my tooth hurts and avoiding the gunshot sounds outside". > Same thing with the defund the police and other non sense. Again, rich liberal types usually don't worry about petty theft or simple vandalism. They dont see it, and so they want to defund it. Ive had a unique life, where I'm now middle class, went through living on the streets in poverty, and been the guest to some of the rich liberal class. You can try to make fun of me for my experiences. Try to understand whats going on, and why. And the rich are being honest in what they ask, but not what they say. And in all my experiences, poverty and extreme income disparity is the actual elephant in the room. Drugs? They don't cause near the problem.

linuxftw 3y ago

This is indicative of overly centralized government. People should have self determination to choose the rules that are best aligned for their situations.