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Aella
@Aella_Girl
In my twitter polls a surprisingly large amount of people vote for 'small concrete good' as opposed to 'large abstract good' - for example, more people voted to 'save the life of a child' than 'prevent gender roles from reverting to the 1950s'
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Even though 1950's gender roles would probably end or fuck up countless more childrens' lives (no abortion, anti-divorce pressure prevents a wife from leaving an abusive husband, etc.)
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
This is exemplary of a really worrying tendency overall - people look at a problem and think "We should fix that," without thinking about the large-scale, long-term impacts of the solution, or considering why the problem arose in the first place
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
For example, prostitution sometimes leads to exploitation. Yes, that sucks - but outlawing prostitution *would be even worse* in the same way reverting to 1950s gender roles to save a dying child would be worse, or criminalizing drugs to prevent overdoses would be worse.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
Does gun ownership result in higher gun deaths? Probably. Is it worth it? I think.... probably yes. I don't trust the systems in power. Not a tiny bit. And our entire civilization is built under the echo of the threat of force.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
The gun control debate is about safety - but I see it less about safety from gun crime and more about the safety of the people from the structures that rule over us. That question seems to have far more lives at stake.
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Aella
@Aella_Girl
And to the inevitable "the government's guns are bigger than ours so it doesn't matter" If I want to kill your cancer, I kill you, and all my big guns make it easy. If I want to kill my cancer, I undergo lots of careful drugs and chemotherapy, and all my big guns mean nothing.
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Drake Thomas
@MaskedTorah
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@Aella_Girl
Not sure there exist many scenarios in which the populace is willing to turn to armed rebellion and things haven’t already fallen that far into chaos; if people are resorting to guns as a means of defense against govt. I don’t see much social cohesion/stability left to sacrifice.
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Enigmatic J
@THEenigmatic_J
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@Aella_Girl
War machine specifically for the populace. Several years ago the Pentagon took a poll of military personnel asking them if they would be willing to fire on US citizens. The overwhelming response (I believe it was 93%) was that they would not be willing to do this. Continued…
Enigmatic J
@THEenigmatic_J
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@Aella_Girl
After getting the results from the military pull the sample was sent to a large number of police departments throughout the US. In this case, the overwhelming response was that they would be willing to fire on US citizens. Continued…
Enigmatic J
@THEenigmatic_J
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@Aella_Girl
Since the time of the polls, police departments, to varying degrees, have been infused with military grade equipment and military level training on strategies and tactics for population control. The vast majority of this has been funded by the federal government. Continued…
Enigmatic J
@THEenigmatic_J
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@Aella_Girl
In essence, police departments are becoming an extension of the military with their primary responsibility being the population of this country. With all of this in mind, and aren’t populace is still the most effective way to keep the machine in check.