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There's bound to always be some number of people in that situation, but there's also plenty of ways we can do better to make society work for more of us. My pe
by bittercynic 1y ago
There's bound to always be some number of people in that situation, but there's also plenty of ways we can do better to make society work for more of us.
My pet theory is that the #1 problem in the USA in the past few decades is wealth inequality, and if we can find ways to stop the rich extracting wealth from the poor, many of our issues will sort themselves out.
- 01HNNWZ0MV43FF 1y agoIt's worth a shot. It seems clear that political power can be bought, and when rich people buy their way into power, most of the time it's a bad thing
- rangestransform 1y agoIt is a policy choice that crime is allowed, inequality and low crime exist side by side in places like Shanghai, Tokyo, and Singapore
- trilbyglens 1y agoThe difference is that being poor in those places does not lead to life or death desperation amongst poor people.
- rangestransform 1y agoBeing poor in Shanghai leads to returning to whatever bumfuck village for government benefits because you don’t have a Shanghai hukou The other two don’t have such an issue because they have cheap and small housing options, which are effectively banned in the US due to the effect of various regressive and “seemingly progressive” housing policies
- cess11 1y agoWhat do you mean by "low crime"? All of those places are well known for their 'secret societies'.