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Long personal anecdote deleted (it was too personal) Lies like this story, which I can't afford to read, are why absolute bullshit artists like Trump are able
by mikewarot 2y ago
Long personal anecdote deleted (it was too personal)
Lies like this story, which I can't afford to read, are why absolute bullshit artists like Trump are able to get votes at all.
Consider this, and the more than 1 gun per person state of the US population, and things don't look good for the future.
Civil wars are horrible, but they do boost the profit of the arms industry.
- kyleee 2y agoInteresting, is it better for the economy to have fewer guns per person? How do the graphs look for that metric across countries?
- blackhawkC17 2y agoYou didn't read the story but conclude it's a lie? The Economist is a respected publication, the type that cites factual stats rather than spin BS like many mainstream news outlets.
- mikewarot 2y agoThe lede paragraph was all I could see, so I had to draw conclusions from that. As I said > this story, which I can't afford to read