Message from @Perihelion - CA
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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.
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
I would say a fraction of the blame does lie on the shoulders of the addicted, but I would place the majority of the responsibility solely at the feet of the medical professionals who are supposed to have our best interests, and not their pocketbooks, at heart.
to be honest, with some of these people, I don't know if *any* of the blame is on them
We pay doctors for an expected standard of expertise in solving our medical problems. Deferring to an "expert" is commonplace because very few can be good at everything. Problem is when everything is profit-motivated, including the treatments, and doctors get wined-and-dined by pharma companies, we don't get unbiased solutions.
I'm sure that's the case, especially regarding the elderly.