04-20-2023, 01:38 PM
This has been happening for more than a hundred years. The only thing that's new is that it's getting media coverage.
Did the powers-that-be have an epiphany and discover their moral compasses? I highly doubt it. Does that matter? To me it does, because motivations reveal true intentions.
If black lives *really* mattered, you'd think that efforts would be directed to invigorating local economies. The reality is the exact opposite: local economies are worse than they've ever been, violent crime is worse than it's ever been, domestic abuse is worse than it's ever been, suicide is skyrocketing, as is drug addiction and homelessness.
No policy has greater impact on human lives than economic policy. Social justice activists used to appreciate that reality. The new activists seem to be exclusively focused on abusive policing. I'd really like to know why that is.
Did the powers-that-be have an epiphany and discover their moral compasses? I highly doubt it. Does that matter? To me it does, because motivations reveal true intentions.
If black lives *really* mattered, you'd think that efforts would be directed to invigorating local economies. The reality is the exact opposite: local economies are worse than they've ever been, violent crime is worse than it's ever been, domestic abuse is worse than it's ever been, suicide is skyrocketing, as is drug addiction and homelessness.
No policy has greater impact on human lives than economic policy. Social justice activists used to appreciate that reality. The new activists seem to be exclusively focused on abusive policing. I'd really like to know why that is.