Crime rates and voting

[Kidlicious]

And, like I said, I wasn't talking about Black/White. You are.

The same applies to anyone. And yes, people in red states are ungrateful sometimes too, but you don't see them rioting when their candidate lost.

[ricketyclik]

People don't always get what they deserve. That has nothing to do with the issue at hand.

Oh, but it does. In a just society, if a person works say 40 hours per week for someone else, they should be paid enough to make ends meet. If an employer can't afford to pay such a wage, their business isn't viable. This should be mandated by law, as it is in Australia, and most of the rest of the Western world.

That's why people in high crime rate areas vote against lower minimum wages/lower taxes for the rich. They rightfully want their fair share.

[Kidlicious]

Oh, but it does. In a just society, if a person works say 40 hours per week for someone else, they should be paid enough to make ends meet. If an employer can't afford to pay such a wage, their business isn't viable. This should be mandated by law, as it is in Australia, and most of the rest of the Western world.

That's why people in high crime rate areas vote against lower minimum wages/lower taxes for the rich. They rightfully want their fair share.

It has nothing to do with crime. In fact, it's better to have a job, than no job at all, because then you are contributing to society. You learn how to be productive.

[ricketyclik]

If you're working your hardest and still don't have enough to live on, what are you gunna do?

You live in a country with one of the highest per-capita incomes in the world, but 1 in 5 live under the poverty line. Is that just?

I'm old enough to remember the genesis of globalism. It was sold to us as bringing 1st world conditions to 3rd world workers. Sounds good, right? The reality has been multinational corps seeking out the cheapest labour, at the expense of 1st world workers. Company profits keep going up, average wages keep going down, unless you're in the ever-diminishing privileged class.

The great con has been if you keep loyal to your employer they'll be loyal to you. Maybe so for a family-owned business, but they too are being screwed by macro-economic policies of the neo-cons, and thus are ever-diminishing.

We're heading more and more back to feudalism, and incarceration is just another mechanism for keeping people under the boot. What's more, in many countries, including yours, the ultra-rich are profiting from incarceration, because it's been outsourced to the private sector.

The extremely wealthy are quite happy to promote us hating each other in order to deflect attention from them exploiting all of us - single mothers, welfare dependents, refugees, immigrants, blacks, you name it. As long as we don't focus our attention on the real problem - being screwed by the ultra-rich.

And you, Ben, and the like lap it up. Good on you lap dogs.

[Kidlicious]

If you're working your hardest and still don't have enough to live on, what are you gunna do?

You live in a country with one of the highest per-capita incomes in the world, but 1 in 5 live under the poverty line. Is that just?

I'm old enough to remember the genesis of globalism. It was sold to us as bringing 1st world conditions to 3rd world workers. Sounds good, right? The reality has been multinational corps seeking out the cheapest labour, at the expense of 1st world workers. Company profits keep going up, average wages keep going down, unless you're in the ever-diminishing privileged class.

The great con has been if you keep loyal to your employer they'll be loyal to you. Maybe so for a family-owned business, but they too are being screwed by macro-economic policies of the neo-cons, and thus are ever-diminishing.

We're heading more and more back to feudalism, and incarceration is just another mechanism for keeping people under the boot. What's more, in many countries, including yours, the ultra-rich are profiting from incarceration, because it's been outsourced to the private sector.

The extremely wealthy are quite happy to promote us hating each other in order to deflect attention from them exploiting all of us - single mothers, welfare dependents, refugees, immigrants, blacks, you name it. As long as we don't focus our attention on the real problem - being screwed by the ultra-rich.

And you, Ben, and the like lap it up. Good on you lap dogs.

I don't give a damn if they are exploited. I don't give a damn if I am exploited. I give a damn if a 15 year old kid high on crack pulls a loaded gun on me.

[ricketyclik]

Well then look at the society that produces those outcomes. Most of us don't have to live with that (yet).

[ricketyclik]

The fact that you don't give a damn about the very thing that produces the thing that you do give a damn about demonstrates the extent to which the forces that be have defeated you.

[Kidlicious]

Well then look at the society that produces those outcomes. Most of us don't have to live with that (yet).

I think it's pretty obvious that the problem is the people who 1). Don't raise their kids right. 2). People who blame the victims 3). People who commit the crimes.

[Kidlicious]

The fact that you don't give a damn about the very thing that produces the thing that you do give a damn about demonstrates the extent to which the forces that be have defeated you.

Oh please, the forces that I'm at war with are in the streets rioting against democracy.

[ricketyclik]

Kid, you're at war with everyone, which is exactly how our corporate overlords want you to be.

How have your pay and conditions been faring lately?

[Kidlicious]

Kid, you're at war with everyone, which is exactly how our corporate overlords want you to be.

How have your pay and conditions been faring lately?

No I'm not at war with everyone. I at war with criminals.

[ricketyclik]

And Muslims, Blacks, women, leftists...

[ricketyclik]

Pay and conditions?

[ricketyclik]

Mine have suffered, and many keep saying "Well the economy is down", but company profits are still rising.

[Kidlicious]

And Muslims, Blacks, women, leftists...

Blah blah blah... broken record.