Marxism's getting popular because the kids can't afford to buy a house or start a family, honestly. Excess inequality's what brought it into existence the first time after all during the Industrial Revolution.
I agree with you full communism has the worst record of any ideology on earth (and given we're including Hitler in there that's pretty bad), but a slightly larger welfare state aimed at family formation (once people have kids they decide to selfishly pursue their interests instead of getting into global pipe dreams) might not be a bad thing.
Lee, very well said...but there is a piece of info you might want to update. The news articles about defunding Minneapolis PD ends with an article with a title saying Minneapolis to spend $6.x Million to improve police recruitment. Be advised that after this article came out and the Mayor and police chief tried to implement that plan, the Minneapolis City Council voted AGAINST spending the money on recruitment/retention of police officers. They haven't learned a thing despite being under a court order to increase the number of officers to the charter mandated minimum of 731.
I stand by the headlines there. I think we are talking different initiatives. You are talking about the most recent one, on the order of 15-19m, which was indeed rejected by the city council. But the 6.4m initiative is from 2021, and was passed unanimously.
Marxism's getting popular because the kids can't afford to buy a house or start a family, honestly. Excess inequality's what brought it into existence the first time after all during the Industrial Revolution.
I agree with you full communism has the worst record of any ideology on earth (and given we're including Hitler in there that's pretty bad), but a slightly larger welfare state aimed at family formation (once people have kids they decide to selfishly pursue their interests instead of getting into global pipe dreams) might not be a bad thing.
Lee, very well said...but there is a piece of info you might want to update. The news articles about defunding Minneapolis PD ends with an article with a title saying Minneapolis to spend $6.x Million to improve police recruitment. Be advised that after this article came out and the Mayor and police chief tried to implement that plan, the Minneapolis City Council voted AGAINST spending the money on recruitment/retention of police officers. They haven't learned a thing despite being under a court order to increase the number of officers to the charter mandated minimum of 731.
I stand by the headlines there. I think we are talking different initiatives. You are talking about the most recent one, on the order of 15-19m, which was indeed rejected by the city council. But the 6.4m initiative is from 2021, and was passed unanimously.
https://apnews.com/article/us-news-police-minneapolis-racial-injustice-b55590dc98ff22a5b15210eba341c0e1
However, your larger point that they seem not to have really gotten the message is well taken.
Sounds good. You may also want to check out the documentary released by Alpha News called The Fall of Minneapolis. It will really leave you unsettled.
Go get 'em Jussim. Happy New Year. Your old pal Levitt
Hi Jack! Nice to have you around here. You never know what you will find here...
Happy new year, Lee! Let's hope that reason and enlightenment prevail in 2024.