“Only two people hate America. Those who have never been here, and those who have never left…”

So, when are you getting involved into politics and changing things? I swear, some of you make it sound like you know better than all of our political leaders throughout history… it makes you wonder, with all these leaders making these “horrible” decisions, why is the US still one of the strongest countries in the world, and people are risking their lives to get here?

I’m just trying to offer a different opinion. This site (like Reddit) is 99% Left leaning. I like to voice my opinion as someone who leans more Right. Or, should Lemmy only be for people on the Left? Should Lemmy only be for people who vote Democrat, have liberal views, and support Biden?

It’s funny how the Left looks at the rich and power as the enemy… when in fact, the vast majority of them in this country are Democrats… all of Hollywood and the entertainment industry like to say “we’re just like you!” and the Left eats it up…

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Silly. Gotti was a know mafia leader, who ordered the deaths of people… I swear the Left will do anything to stop Trump from running for President…

I think you have it backwards. Social programs don’t help, because that takes an effort by the individual to get involved and be part of something. Most criminals and people who are going to commit crime, are not going to get involved in a social program. I don’t know how old you are, but when I was younger, I was absolutely afraid to steal because I didn’t want to go to jail. It seems nowadays, that fear isn’t there. I would argue more police presence is what a country like the United States needs. People forget just how big, and how many freedoms we have. Hoping that all these people, from all different walks of life and backgrounds, follow all the same laws, isn’t going to cut it. We need strict laws, more police, so that people know that crime, no matter the level, is not tolerated anywhere in the United States. I want to live in a country where people are afraid to break the law. I know that sounds crazy…

Again, what you’re implying is that we should just allow petty theft… even 3rd world countries punish people for this…

Force those that are homeless, who clearly have mental issues, to live in an adult care facility where they can :

A) Get treatment for drugs/alcohol

B) Get treatment for mental issues.

Have them go through a process to get better, if it doesn’t help, they don’t leave.

This is what needs to be done in order to get most of these people off the streets. But, it’s considered “cruel” and “unusual” by Democrats, so, nothing gets done. We’ll never break the homeless issue problem in California with Democrats/Liberals in leadership, that’s a fact.

Do you know why? Because they fucking destroy it. They use drugs in there, they shit and piss all over the place and create a unsafe environment for everyone else. I’ve been in stores where they had to call the cops because some homeless woman locked herself in a bathroom and OD’d on heroin… are YOU going to clean it up? THAT’S why they don’t let them use the bathrooms…

I’m glad that crime is down, overall, but it effects people differently depending where they live. I live in California, and drive for a living…traveling to Northern and Southern California often… while some violent crime is down, things like car break-ins, retail theft, petty burglary, and hate crimes have not really changed. Again, people will only react to what they have personally experienced. I was in San Francisco last week… it’s still a shit show. Homeless using drugs, crazy people walking around threatening everyone, theft… nothing has changed.

So, make retail theft legal? I’m being serious…should we just not care if people steal?

I was disappointed when we visited last week… to find that the “shit all over the sidewalks” was a real thing… it was disgusting…

Lol… all these spoiled kids protesting something they have NO IDEA about… anyone watch that gay guy interview pro Palestinians here in America? They all sound so stupid… they have no idea that gay people will be killed in Palestine… that the country of Palestine, their people, and the Muslim religion in general, is anti gay.

In the last 3 weeks, I have personally experienced open drug use, a homeless man waving a sword, retail theft, sexual exploitation, gangs members threatening tourists and vandalism…all this in Fresno, Sacramento, San Francisco and Oakland… I mean, I get that the Right likes to exaggerate about crime, but the Left absolutely underplays what’s going on… there’s some really bad areas in California…and no one seems to care.

“So she held her head high and left…” Self pride is overrated. If the school asked her to remove it, just remove it and complain later. There were several kids at my high school that did stuff similar, and the school told them to take it off or they couldn’t participate. So, they took the garbs off, graduated…and afterwards, tried suing everyone… but for that moment, just do what you need to do and participate in your special moment.

So, what do you suggest countries do? Allow anyone and everyone to come in, and government should instead spend all their time and resources going after the wealthy? Are you saying, that if the rich stopped having money, and just…disappeared, everyone would be better off?

What? Where do you live? I live in near a big city in California, crime is out of control There’s no consequences for many street level crimes now, especially retail theft. I have personally seen people run into stores, grab stuff and run…while employees are just hiding, scared. They call the cops, who won’t come because they’re backed up with more “severe” crime in the city… so, it continues, and continues. Who’s to blame? The cops, who are already stretched thin? The homeless, because hey, they need to eat too! I mean, it’s nuts…I feel like I live in a third world country sometimes…

So, are you suggesting people just keep voting the way they do, and nothing changes? I mean, we’re dealing with the same shit in California. The Left literally does not want to do shit about the homeless crisis. The Right wants forced intervention… and of course, we can’t have that, so we’re going in circles. Nothing is getting done with Democrats in power, they literally believe the homeless issue is okay.

This argument is old and tiresome. It’s the same shit they try and say in the US. “hey, who cares about the immigrant problem, let’s go after the rich!” This isn’t about the rich, this is about who’s the problem for the average, middle class citizen NOW. This is about, why are things different NOW, and what can I do to change them? Many countries are bringing in immigrants as a curtisoy, to help those in need…but it’s effecting a class of citizens differently, and now those citizens are voicing concern. The rich will always be here, and that issue will always go in circles because the rich are helping many countries sustain an economy (we always want to attack the rich in the US, but in the end, what would happen if the rich stopped paying anything, and just left?). The argument of “it’s the rich people’s fault!” has been a battling call from the Left for 100’s of years…and they will always default to this, even when it’s clear that immigration is causing problems…