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05/15/2022 Another Mass Shooting. This time at a California Church
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<blockquote data-quote="Glocktogo" data-source="post: 3780078" data-attributes="member: 1132"><p>I think we've been discussing this for decades. I know I've been discussing it since the mid 80's (yeah, I'm that damn old and feel every year of it). The problem isn't discussing it. The problem is people who refuse to listen, when men of violence tell the fearful how to effectively address the issue. </p><p></p><p>Fearful people only have one tool in their toolbox. Their mouths. That's a double edged sword if ever there was one. Used recklessly, it cuts the intended target, anyone within earshot and more often than not, the speaker themselves. So many fearful people have been speaking for so long and not listening, there's no more oxygen in the room to discuss actual solutions. Let's not forget the fear mongers who prey on the fearful either. They've been hard at work all along, eroding our rights and furthering their dystopian agenda. </p><p></p><p>The phenomenon of mass shootings is cyclical. Yet gun access remains constant throughout. So why are "mass shootings" not constant? Simple, it has nothing to do with guns. It has FAR more to do with socioeconomic pressure, lack of community care and concern, and ineffective tax based solutions. When those three factors converge in the upper quadrant of the graph, mass shootings rise. It's also the exact same reason suicides and all other crimes of violence rise. </p><p></p><p>So which problem is the most existential crisis? The recent rise in mass shootings resulting in a few dozen deaths? Or over 100,000 overdose deaths in 2021 alone, of which over 70% are synthetic opioid deaths?</p><p></p><p>The answer is neither. They're both symptoms of an ill society. The existential crisis is the ill society. Fix the society and the side effects subside. The problem is the people with "power" have no control over that. Sure they contribute negatively to the conditions that create the illness, but they can't fix it. So they play a shell game of keeping people focused on the side effects, so they can keep consolidating power and wealth in their hands, regardless of whether the patient recovers, has long-term suffering, or dies outright. </p><p></p><p>There's no government fix for this problem. So every time someone brings up increased restrictions, all that does is increase the pressure. It may result in a short-term incremental improvement, but ultimately the net overall will be worse than doing nothing at all. Getting any lasting relief requires the one thing that takes everyone, fixing the ill society. Most people don't want to accept the responsibility that entails.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Glocktogo, post: 3780078, member: 1132"] I think we've been discussing this for decades. I know I've been discussing it since the mid 80's (yeah, I'm that damn old and feel every year of it). The problem isn't discussing it. The problem is people who refuse to listen, when men of violence tell the fearful how to effectively address the issue. Fearful people only have one tool in their toolbox. Their mouths. That's a double edged sword if ever there was one. Used recklessly, it cuts the intended target, anyone within earshot and more often than not, the speaker themselves. So many fearful people have been speaking for so long and not listening, there's no more oxygen in the room to discuss actual solutions. Let's not forget the fear mongers who prey on the fearful either. They've been hard at work all along, eroding our rights and furthering their dystopian agenda. The phenomenon of mass shootings is cyclical. Yet gun access remains constant throughout. So why are "mass shootings" not constant? Simple, it has nothing to do with guns. It has FAR more to do with socioeconomic pressure, lack of community care and concern, and ineffective tax based solutions. When those three factors converge in the upper quadrant of the graph, mass shootings rise. It's also the exact same reason suicides and all other crimes of violence rise. So which problem is the most existential crisis? The recent rise in mass shootings resulting in a few dozen deaths? Or over 100,000 overdose deaths in 2021 alone, of which over 70% are synthetic opioid deaths? The answer is neither. They're both symptoms of an ill society. The existential crisis is the ill society. Fix the society and the side effects subside. The problem is the people with "power" have no control over that. Sure they contribute negatively to the conditions that create the illness, but they can't fix it. So they play a shell game of keeping people focused on the side effects, so they can keep consolidating power and wealth in their hands, regardless of whether the patient recovers, has long-term suffering, or dies outright. There's no government fix for this problem. So every time someone brings up increased restrictions, all that does is increase the pressure. It may result in a short-term incremental improvement, but ultimately the net overall will be worse than doing nothing at all. Getting any lasting relief requires the one thing that takes everyone, fixing the ill society. Most people don't want to accept the responsibility that entails. [/QUOTE]
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