Death threats, calls for genocide, etc, are not protected speech here. But... Its becoming more common now. It looks to me like the left does it more, but the right isn't clean either.
Recently we've had a lot of arrests of people for saying that what's happening in Gaza is genocide. It is genocide. I see a connection because basically death threats are tolerated if the correct political party is in power. This is not going to end well...
IMO, the rise in violent thinking is because of how difficult it is to afford basic things. People vent, and they don't know who to blame but they want to blame someone. Its not too different from Germany between the wars... High inflation, heavy handed policy, wide political divide. We have to get people to stop thinking the state can solve their problems. It can only make it worse.
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I can't say the left or right or right does it more. These days you get death threats when the game you released is disliked NY the audience ๐
If people are arrested in your place for taking a stance for Gaza: again, visit Germany lol. Hasn't happened here AFAIK.
Agree with most of the rest. People who can't afford things have no plan for a future. People without plan for a future give up.
The state could help tho by e.g. providing affordable health care and such. Because not worrying about hospital bills ruining you also helps planning a future, believe me or not.
I do believe you. I've been in that situation... The problem is, the reason hospital bills are so high is because of corruption. Its legit corruption. While I was having dialysis, the technician explained a lot about the companies that sell the equipment, and how every little thing was mandated by policy and cost several thousand percent more than it does in other countries. Its specifically because competition is not allowed in hospital supplies. Our government typically favors duopolies, not an open free market, and in the case of hospitals the specific things they purchase is mandated in a centrally planned way. And I think he got in trouble for talking about it, because on subsequent dialysis sessions I asked for more information and he clammed up.
Another thing is the ambulance ride. Being in an ambulance for any amount of time costs thousands of dollars. They billed me about $5k for a 5 minute ambulance ride, and that was before a the covid inflation, and with Obama's healthcare... Thing. Its like pretend free market. There's no good reason for that. Hospitals charge that because they can. Expenses don't add up to that. And they get away with it because the politics is just pure corruption.
I hate shorts but the specific ambulance example reminded me.. Skip to two thirds if too long ๐