All force is usually a deterrent - you can control people much more effectively without bringing attention to yourself economically than by force 🙂

Yes Yes

But why is so many deterrents are needed? This happens when fear is so pervasive through society. And I think weapons heighten fear instead of diminishing it.

Is that fear irrational?

God given right? 🙄

Rational or Irrational don't matter. It's real. And produces real consequences

People armed to the teeth.

It's like driving maximum speed on a highway 10.000 Rpm and worrying for a small dip in the asphalt. It will eventually happen.

Boom!!! ^_^

A mental institution is not only about rehabilitation or keeping society safe. It's about offering confort as people grow old. Especially if they dont have family

I wouldn't bet on Charity in America , since people tend to be so individualistic and self-centered. It sounds good in theory, but when it comes to the individual choice, an individualistic society is profoundly profit - maximizing.

It will only maximise disparities.

Individualist doesn’t mean self centered

In theory not. But in practice it seems like that way.

Leaving Charity at the mood of one individual introduces too many variables in the game. Every1 has a subjective threshold and acceptance to give away stuff. A greedy billionaire will donate probably less than a millionaire devoted Christian. I've met millionaires who think they are still poor.

*Social comparison is messed up

Boom? I agree with you lol.

So better to have a system of social redistribution to the less fortunate. Where things are more predictable, thus easier to improve on the long run.

Step by step. 100 years is not that much in the life of a nation. But in 4-500 years you can have significant succes and steady growth ^_^

By the same token - it will be a lesser deterrent.

I love hot peppers in real life. It's called paprika 😂

Lol 😂

Sometimes you need to try 2 hot peppers, 1 big yellow apple and 100 grams of cheese its yummy

I think economics solves most problems 😎

And mix them together with some beef ❤️

Hehe

I will try that zino - coming to Romania soon.

You will love it

You will be surprised by the taste of food here. Its irreplaceable.

You can't imagine even :))

We have foods that can't be found anywhere in the world. Local food was influenced by the fact we survived 7 empires. And borroughed

I look forward to it

So taking a step back - has racism been demonstrated?

No. It has been demonstrated that racism is a social construct.

Is it a real issue? ‘Sytemically’ whatever that word means

Well. Stone. I guess it's real for the people suffering from it. So they need to be listened to, ofc.

Heh - maybe if they finish high school and fix their own culture of ‘the hood’ ... just putting it out there 😉

And just because someone claims it - don’t make it true. A black person gets killed by the police is not a demonstration of causality in that racism is why it happened. Another multi variable analysis that needs to be demonstrated.

98% prison population is men - sexism?