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I CAME IN LIKE A WRECKING BA- sorry wrong artist

Among the 61.5 million U.S. residents age 16 or older in 2018 who had contact with police during the prior 12 months, 1.3 million (2%) experienced threats or use of force from police

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Yes, there are 300 million but that negate the problem of police violence. You could make this argument about anything: gun violence, car crashes, even cancer. Their deaths are all a percent of a percent of the population.

No one is saying police violence is the number one killer in the country. The issue being raised is one side is saying it’s a problem and the other is saying actually it’s not a problem at all.

It’s just an example. Like Breonna Taylor, who did nothing wrong, whose boyfriend (Kenneth Walker) did nothing wrong, while the police did multiple things wrong and ended up killing her.

But even looking beyond individual examples, the data shows police killed over 1,200 people in 2023. That’s a problem.

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“If you don’t like it here then leave!”

“You should just make more money!”

If we don’t tip, where is the motivation to make companies actually pay their workers?

How does buying something that’s manufactured in China directly fund genocide, especially if the company you’re buying from isn’t even based in China?

Purchasing an item manufactured in a country whose government is committing genocide is not the same as refusing to support a country’s leader who is directly supporting a genocide. I feel like this is obvious but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised since your other comment indicates you believe in horseshoe theory.

Severance gets a lot of talk, which is well deserved, but I also second Slow Horses because I feel like I never hear about it and it’s also good (through Season 1 at least, that’s all I’ve watched so far).

Having legitimate criticisms of the country you live in

wHy Do YoU hAtE aMeRiCa?!?!

It's so cool that ~~we are~~ Capitalism is giving young women the idea that they can make money by selling their body. I'm sure that is great for society.

FTFY

Whether doing sex work, manual labor, or a desk job, you are selling your body for profit. If you have a problem with that then you have a problem with Capitalism.