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Trigger Warning: Now before anybody comments that I'm evil for this, I'm not saying I would do it, or that I condone it but that I would understand why someone would, and could totally see it becoming an issue. Especially with copycats and such.
That being said I could totally see people getting to the point of hopelessness and going out by suicide by cop, either directly going after police, or whatever mega-corp, or landlord or whatever they perceive to put them in that position. Obviously a 93 year old woman likely doesn't have the strength to pull a trigger but as this inequality issue continues to rise and more and more people are losing hope due to issues outside their control dangerous and scary things are likely to happen. Just like we never solved bullying and it led to school shootings, if we don't solve inequality, I'm afraid that mass shootings are going to go up.
What you're describing is basically how active shooters are born, including school shooters. And this is also why there are more active shooters in the US than in the next 50+ countries combined.
Inequality leads to crime. A system that exploits citizens at every step leads to active shooters. These phenomena are so well known and documented, it's physically impossible for the current and previous 10 American governments not to be and have been aware of the issue. They must have simply deemed it an acceptable cost.
Absolutely agreed. But the arms industries are worth more and have more influence than American lives. Including children. We live in the cyberpunk 2077 prequel.
What exactly would be the "issue", even if there were "copycats", with everyone having a place to live?
You're missing the point. If everyone had a place to live comfortably, there wouldn't be the hopelessness that leads to such things. But logically as hopelessness goes up, as does crime, including major crimes. I think you came into this wanting to be mad about what I wrote, and got mad about it despite agreeing with me.
Edit: or you're a troll and intentionally taking the message wrong to start shit.
Edit 2: God damnit. I didn't consider option 3. You're either AI or too stupid to read. Because that response doesn't actually make any sense in context to what I wrote. I hope it's 1 or 2 because 3 is embarassing to me, but seemingly more likely.
Hey, I've never been accused of being AI before, neat! Let's go with too dumb to read ;)
Well at least your username would be accurate.
Instead of adventurism and solitary acts a few people have written a manual and described a way of thinking that can fix this
But no, repression, inequality, suffering and violence are preferred because their dads said that was the right way. "My dad worked in the coal mines from the time he was 18 until he died of black lung at 52. If it was good enough for him it's good enough for me"
The MAGAts yearn for the mines.