If things continue at this...,whatever this is, you’ll be left with the one percenters who do nothing but sit at home all day buying stuff and the 99 percenters who do nothing by drive around all day delivering amazon packages to the one percenters
If things continue at this...,whatever this is, you’ll be left with the one percenters who do nothing but sit at home all day buying stuff and the 99 percenters who do nothing by drive around all day delivering amazon packages to the one percenters
That is until they figure out this drone business.
slripe112 wrote:
One of two things will happen:
1. A stronger centralized totalitarian government, fewer civil rights.
2. Splintering of the U.S into 50 sovereign nations. At first chaos, over long run, more liberties and less corruption
Doubt it. You'll see some police reform legislation that won't amount to much in the short term. Change doesn't occur quickly in our country. However, there will be a change in the national psyche of younger generations that might set in motion a reform movement if they can keep focus long enough to get off their butts and vote in not only national elections but also local elections for years to come.
slripe112 wrote:
One of two things will happen:
1. A stronger centralized totalitarian government, fewer civil rights.
2. Splintering of the U.S into 50 sovereign nations. At first chaos, over long run, more liberties and less corruption
I’ve been low key advocating for number 2 for awhile.
cb wrote:
slripe112 wrote:
One of two things will happen:
1. A stronger centralized totalitarian government, fewer civil rights.
2. Splintering of the U.S into 50 sovereign nations. At first chaos, over long run, more liberties and less corruption
Doubt it. You'll see some police reform legislation that won't amount to much in the short term. Change doesn't occur quickly in our country. However, there will be a change in the national psyche of younger generations that might set in motion a reform movement if they can keep focus long enough to get off their butts and vote in not only national elections but also local elections for years to come.
Won’t amount to much in short term, exactly. Then it resumes the trend of becoming progressively worse and it will result in fewer rights. Think only of mandated social distancing and mask wearing and how it might be good in certain circumstances, but however good it may be it is a terrible precedent of power to grant to your government.
Change doesn’t occur quickly? I would argue it occurs most quickly out of any country in the world. Nearly 30% of the population lost thier jobs virtually overnight. We became the worlds largest producer of oil very quickly. Thank you fracking! Trump went from the bankrupt taj to the desperate cable spot to the White House at a fairly tremendous rate. It didn’t take hardly any time to declare war after 9/11. Patriot act was invoked at alarming speed. Reversals of stated WMDs happened sooner than I thought it would. Have you scene how quickly our national debt grows, its exponential! Industrial revolution? Nuclear proliferation?...however I will admit there are soMe things that do move slow.
I wish I had faith in future generations but when I see the complete immersion of humanity in technology things become quite hopeless indeed
"I fear the day that technology will surpass our human interaction. The world will have a generation of idiots."
Before we abolish and defund can we know what the alternatives are? Is one a permanent military presence? The country will look like the south after the civil war. What did they call the period?
Ain’t nothing wrong with what he said.. cops stand by and do nothing or are the officers constantly violating the rights of humans.. wether it’s abuse of power, murder, rape, abetting or aid in murder, macing and or tear gassing peaceful Protestors (Tear Gas is a banned in war)
They do it all.. NOT TO MENTION THEY ARE ONLY “UPHOLDING” THE LAW BUT DONT HAVE A DEGREE IN LAW. There needs to be serious change to the police system. Make them go to academy for 4 years to become an officer, Implement intense Psychological testing and lie detector tests for racial bias and or murderous intent.
This has gone on far to long.
slripe112 wrote:
Before we abolish and defund can we know what the alternatives are? Is one a permanent military presence? The country will look like the south after the civil war. What did they call the period?
This. I have yet to hear from the people who are calling for this action (defunding) how it is supposed to look and function and how we are supposed to get there. Calling for change is well and good (and necessary) but without action items on how to get there, it will never happen. People like to throw out these words like defund and reform and other "hot button" words but really it seems to be mostly lip service.
LRCUghh wrote:
Too many posters taking their eye off of the ball here. Lots of people are posting things that are out there right now, but the issue is police brutality, police training, the role of police in our society going forward. This is not about one young goofball venting on social media.
It's high time for police reform, major reform, a rethinking of the role of police in our society, major changes in training, major changes in stance alongside the community, etc.
I'm a long time police supporter but I've had enough. The Floyd killing, which was flat out killing, the callousness of the thugs who pushed down that 75 year old man and walked past him while he was badly injured, the kettling techniques, the militarization of police response, the massive unrest occurring now.
If you aren't seeing the massive need for reform you are missing the obvious here and it sure is easy to deflect away from the requirements of the time by focusing on some dipshiit's social media post.
Disagree. A world without police would be chaos. Do you believe that with police abolished, people wouldnt commit violence and murder and theft, and rape?
What would be the point of laws if they could not be enforced?
If you believe that 100% of the population, 300+ Million people, would self-enforce, then that is simply not true
Bullet_Proof wrote:
LRCUghh wrote:
Too many posters taking their eye off of the ball here. Lots of people are posting things that are out there right now, but the issue is police brutality, police training, the role of police in our society going forward. This is not about one young goofball venting on social media.
It's high time for police reform, major reform, a rethinking of the role of police in our society, major changes in training, major changes in stance alongside the community, etc.
I'm a long time police supporter but I've had enough. The Floyd killing, which was flat out killing, the callousness of the thugs who pushed down that 75 year old man and walked past him while he was badly injured, the kettling techniques, the militarization of police response, the massive unrest occurring now.
If you aren't seeing the massive need for reform you are missing the obvious here and it sure is easy to deflect away from the requirements of the time by focusing on some dipshiit's social media post.
Disagree. A world without police would be chaos. Do you believe that with police abolished, people wouldnt commit violence and murder and theft, and rape?
What would be the point of laws if they could not be enforced?
If you believe that 100% of the population, 300+ Million people, would self-enforce, then that is simply not true
Even with the police, there have been looters, curfew breakers, rioters. I think enforcement and penalties are too lax.
queque wrote:
Working Joe wrote:
If that photo is legit, then I am saddened that there may be a lot more people addled by porn or pen*s enlargement ads than I thought.
When all you think about is porn; everything has to do with porn.
"Working Joe" needs to go nofap to clear his mind.
What does that photo have to do with porn?
I don’t see what the argument is. This guy is obviously an idiot
What a bunch of absolute dork ass losers. AJ hasn’t been in the running world for almost a decade but you’re still talking about him? ??? letsrun is truly the most boring group of idiots on the internet. If you’re more angry about someone speaking out about police violence than you are about ~actual~ police violence you need to do some serious self reflection
Huh. 2005 Footlocker Champ. Means AJ is a man in his thirties. This looks like something a seventh grader would write
Do you think all Muslims are terrorists too, AJ?
Dummy
Rational and reasonable. Good luck with these numbskulls
haha, 15 years later, and AJ is still the darling of LRC!! Now THAT is some political capital!
tear gas against Geneva convention. All US army basic trainers get tear gasssed. At least they used to. I did.
Tear Gas wrote: tear gas against Geneva convention. All US army basic trainers get tear gasssed. At least they used to. I did.
Tear gas is against the Geneva Convention, but that applies atrictly to warfare. It does not apply to police forces and civilian applications.
Military trainers tear gas recruits in training to get them proficient in using equipment like gas masks, etc.
Ultimately, it should not be used against peaceful protestors and if Acosta is right in saying its been used against them, he's right in saying its wrong.
His whole "F all cops and anybody who's ever held a door for one" rant is a bit much, but I share his frustration with cops in general. I feel bad for Acosta. Dude seems like he's in a bad place.
bladdyblah wrote:
haha, 15 years later, and AJ is still the darling of LRC!! Now THAT is some political capital!
Is he though? Former Footlocker winner. Had some success in college. Not crazy that someone would post his beyond ignorant rant here.