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SocioEconGapMinder814 karma

Online poop culture

SocioEconGapMinder21 karma

It is a little bit shortsighted for progressives to ignore property rights violations as a fundamental BLM issue. Nobody is equating theft or vandalism to murder; but poverty is a killer. Destroying the wrong property could result in lives lost. It would seem to be a philosophical ‘wrench in the gears’ for BLM folks to want a better life, but not have a fundamental respect for personal property rights. You could argue BLM is strictly about right to life and personal safety/security, but explain to me how to do that in a neo-capitalist society where nobody values private property? Doesn’t having an inviolable home or place of business create safety and security?

https://ourworldindata.org/grapher/poverty-vs-life-expectancy

SocioEconGapMinder4 karma

Seems to me that identity verification and public profiles will keep many of the bad actors away...any reason it wouldn’t work for this site as well or better than it works for Quora or LinkedIn?

The other half is making reviewers explain their position publicly.

SocioEconGapMinder1 karma

I guess the difference is the reviewers are credentialed journalists rather than someone’s lonely redneck nuncle.

Unless, I misunderstood the whole premise of the site...