eirini1

obviously you listen to the epidemiologist, not the economist. The economist is an expert on the economy and not on pandemics, and therefore will always give advice that is aimed at keeping up the economy and not saving people and preventing the spread of the virus. Its baffling to me that you think an economist has any kind of valid input on this matter. At best an economist could advise you on how to keep the economy afloat under the restrictions the epidemiologists has advised.

>It is fascinating to me how left wing protests seem to frequently degrade into violence. Recent case in point was the reopen protesters. I don’t think a single shot was fired by the crowd, nor were any buildings burned or looted.

thats very interesting. The difference seems to be in initial reactions of the police to peaceful protests. With lockdown protesters, police showed up in soft clothes and didn't initiate violence on the protestors.

Regarding the much more serious issue of police brutality, police responded very violently to the initially peaceful protests. They were the ones that escalated things. Very interesting overall, and I think the obvious answer is that left wing causes seem to offer critiques that are much more incisive and dangerous to the government.

right, and the fact that there is no institution that seems to hold cops legitimately accountable as to wether or not there was actually probable cause seems to be a big issue here.

regardless of the reasons black people overall might commit more crime, or whether they actually commit more crime or are just singled out by police more often, do you feel that this is relevant to how often police kill people?

Capital punishment is the mechanism through which the justice system has the right to kill people for their crimes. Cops do not have the authority to decide who is guilty, let alone what their punishment will be. Therefore I ask again, how is the crime rate of black people (even if that number is taken in good faith and not heavily questioned as any competent statistician should) relevant when we are discussing how often officers murder black people, before a court has decided whether they have actually committed a crime or not?

>6x more black guys killed than white? That does not mean anything. What if there are x12 more black guys committing a crime?

this is adressed on the page, where it is noted that the rate of black people murdered does not correlate with crime rates in that area.

>99% cases of no accountability? This assumes that all the suspects were innocent old ladies.

Its an interesting number at least because it shows that regardless of what cops actually do, the justice system rarely/never holds them accountable for it. Perhaps you could say that 99% of the times that cops kill someone its "justified" but that number is very, very unlikely to be up there.

Regardless, I think this is more than simply sensationalism and presents some very interesting facts on a topic that is very relevant today.

yeah we really are doomed unless drastic change comes to how these kinds of decisions are made and how they are enforced. The American middle-class didn't even want to stay at home for a few weeks to prevent an epidemic that could directly kill them. I highly doubt they will give up their suburban houses with air conditioning and their two luxury cars to move into an apartment in a big city and take public transport for the sake of the climate.

I'm not sure how you can type this out with a straight face. A store that sells medicine is obviously significantly more essential than a factory for luxury cars - especially considering that most people who can afford them also most likely can just work from home.

marijuana is an important, life-saving medicine for a lot of people. Being able to visit a hardware store is important because some home repairs simply cannot wait. A car factory on the other hand has literally no reason to be open right now, the car industry is literally crashing right now because there is so little demand for cars.

I think its funny that you mention 9/11 as an example there because most people I know would agree that the whole world completely changed after 9/11 (and I'm not even American myself). Both on a cultural and social level, there is no event before the COVID-19 outbreak that changed the world more.

You are correct - in a world where production was organized on a rational level, to serve certain needs or desires, the coronavirus outbreak would not have been as big of an issue. However we live in a world where profit and markets regulate production, and these are far from rational. Hence, unless massive changes come to how production is organized, the article has a very good point and you are the one who is looking at matters much too sober I think.

good luck, we could have completely eliminated HIV by now but corporate profits are more important than that so the vast majority of the population who has the virus doesn't get the medication they need to not transmit it.

weird, in the netherlands I just send a message to my boss saying im sick. He's also not allowed to ask what kind of illness I have, unless it lasts long and then a company doctor (not actually from the company, its just how they call them) has to see me.

>In China when the government tells its citizens to do something, they just do it. They don't ask why. They don't deliberate on whether it's the correct choice. They simply follow the directions. In the West, everything is up for debate. People don't like to be told what to do.

this is immensely racist btw

Clearly this failed massively, because these days its flooded by /r/The_Donald transplants.

if stimulants make you sleepy you may have ADHD, just saying you might wanna look into that.

Did we stop building boats?

Dude the stuff we're discussing freaks me out just looking at it, and I'm a grown adult. If I'm watching a horror/gore movie I'm fully prepared for everything thats coming, if this kind of thing randomly appeared while watching a video about how to make spaghetti and meatballs with no acknowledgement (as it tends to happen in these kids videos) It'd fuck with me big time.

Perhaps people who really want to be electricians because they like the trade itself?

it does point to a pattern. Both me and the rest of my real family don't talk to our bio families anymore and this kind of stalking behavior is something I'd expect out of one of one of those boomer assholes! objectively its super weird though, and also not strictly legal.

>The woman in Tulsa, who identified herself only as Carrie, said she had been fighting cancer and was estranged from her daughter, who has refused to let her see her granddaughter even though both live close by.

>“I really thought the feeling would go away, but my heart is so broken,” she said in an email. She posted the ad on Dec. 11, then went to her granddaughter’s dance studio and sat outside, hoping to catch a peek of her through the window.

interesting that this is sprinkled in there, this is super weird boundary breaking behavior. I wonder if its related to why they no longer talk.

many times slower than it is now. The answer is of little relevancy because every single plan we have for reducing this rate either doesn't reduce it enough or only barely does so.

I always found this such a weak argument. A small store deals with inflation all the time - for the rent it pays for the shop, the products it buys and services it employs. Surely wages as well then? If, even with increased consumer spending being the result of increased minimum wages the small store cannot turn a profit anymore then it means that their business model is simply no longer up to date with modern times.

Its a thread of tweets turned into an article by a bot.

thats fair, I haven't personally. However my wife is chilean and I am capable of reading and comprehending statistics so I'm satisfied.

living in your own studio (as opposed to a double room in a shared appartment), owning a car and going eating out on occasion definitely sounds much more luxurious than how most college graduates that I know of live right now. I think if you were to graduate today this would be unfeasible considering housing costs.

I personally don't think 30 minutes would ever cause me some kind of issue. Currently my commute is 1 hour 10 minutes, through a combination of walking, bus and train (i live in europe) and I am rather unhappy with it, although it is something i've gotten used to.

> If your "revolution" is based on stealing from the Spanish-blooded landowners to feed Amerindian losers who breed like rabbits, you will get opposition.

this is some real mask-off shit.

unprecedented prosperity for like, 20 people. The millions of other people definitely haven't enjoyed anything but immense poverty and misery since the Pinochet coup the implementation of the neoliberal wet dream.

but this kind of censorship has occured forever. It was just for the sake of the US, instead of China. To those outside of the US, not much has changed.

Sounds like a company tailoring its products to its market. This has happened forever, its just that the U.S market is no longer the biggest or most important one.

really? I find it rather great. Whats wrong with it?