@nord EWU has a residence hall called "snyamncut"

I could care less about Barrow Alaska

@wolfwood "look at me, I am da vehicle now."

@Lawrence of Eurabia As much as I understand the sentiment, it starts with small things like this and then it turns out our whole country is cucked. (Not that we aren't already there.)

that town is probably 60% inuit

I doubt they can even pronounce that name tbh.

I don’t really see Barrow as America anyways, tbh I don’t really see much of the country as America anymore

want to see some real shit? look up the inuit domestic violence rates

I want it back, but these days it’s occupied territory

it does happen to be 57 percent inuit

how did I know that?

I guess that makes it a smidge more justifiable

And there are definitely bigger fish to fry

Otherwise, we could all take a trip up to jfkfkfnsvfagzhx, Alaska.

Who's with me! (Not me)

Lol

It's a long drive <:nervous:359009898115104770>

Lol that it is

It's pretty funny to read about Inuit domestic violence/drug/alchohol problem in these super remote 90% inuit towns and see the authors desperately try to blame white people

somehow, someway, this must be white people's problem

When will people take responsibility for their actions? That's a dumb question I guess.

Probably never

I guess we did invent hard alchohol

so that's on us

No, if I invent a gun and you shoot somebody with it that's your fault.

Are we willing to apply the same rubric to big pharma and the fent crisis?

What's goin on here guys?

That's a solid point.
But you were never perscribed alcohol, or a bullet for that matter.

Health care professionals are instructing you to take those drugs under the guise that they will make you a healthier person.

That is deception.

You are told what alcohol and guns do.

if I was king of Alaska I'd ban alchohol sales to Inuit communities

That would be my only rebuttal.

But it's a very good point

the delusion that different people groups can all live under the same laws is silly and frankly that's on us as the ruling class. It's our delusion.

Native americans can't handle alchohol and it should be criminal to sell it to them

@Perihelion - CA I totally agree with you on that. And as a side note, this is why I love discussions like this, it really challenges beliefs.

I'm all about learning something new.

@Perihelion - CA We should apply the same logic. These drug problems aren't the fault of whatever researcher designed the drug, they're the fault of the people who market them to poor rural people who don't know better and think it'll solve their problems.

I agree

I know there's the counter argument of "they were dumb for taking the prescription bla bla bla", but I think most people have an expectation that they can trust medical professionals

It's not like most of us would know better if a doctor told us to do something

Yeah that's my point, doctor isn't telling you to drink. A doctor would sooner tell you not to drink.

You're supposed to be able to trust doctors.

ya not gonna lie, a doctor tells me to do something I'll probably do it without thinking

I think more generally don't give addicted substances to people who can't handle them