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Jimmy_kong253 t1_j2wltef wrote

Reply to comment by ahtasva in Opinion- The Tragedy of Newark's Commons by Newarkguy1836

The problem is the politicians give into the activists demands that penalties be done away with before lining up the rest of what will replace it first. What really needed to happen is You put in place shelters and drug rehabilitation and then you removed the penalties but don't do away with them entirely. What you do is you say here are the services If you as a homeless or a drug addict refuse to take them then we have to deal with you under the old laws. Because at that point you don't want help you just like being a public nuisance

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ahtasva t1_j2xb98r wrote

You give the entire system more credit than it is due. Activists; at least the ones that get the most air time are an arm of the establishment. Their purpose in not to create real change but to sell you what the establishment wants you to settle for. Creating mental health resources, affordable housing etc. cost money and acts to move resources from the rich to the poor. The establishment of both parties don’t want that so they contract “activist” to sell you a knock off version of progress. Let the homeless sleep rough and take a shit on every street corner, let drug use and petty crime go unchecked, focus education on identity instead of academics. The cost of these stupid and counter productive ideas are shouldered entirely by the poor but the activist don’t give a fuck coz they get paid upfront; funding , grants, speaking fees etc. there is a whole industry of clowns selling stupid ideas and suckers born everyday who buy into them🤷🏾‍♂️

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Jimmy_kong253 t1_j2xclib wrote

At the end of the day if somebody can't make money they have no incentive. It's the American way my thing if people really want to improve life, you bus all these homeless people and drop them off in the rich neighborhoods and the country clubs. Like George Carlin said there is no Illuminati. There is no mass conspiracy group controlling the world. They all go to the same country clubs the same universities. They know what's good for them they don't need a meeting to make it happen

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