Our poor Communities Are Eating Themselves

[DanOkeffie]

My $0.02 worth of conjecture is that it’s more than just inner-city blight; writing people off as lazy or blaming it all on bad parenting doesn’t keep the doors open.Stores shut down when theft outweighs profit, plain and simple.

Dragging Stalin’s gulags into the discussion is pointless—nobody’s bringing back slave labor camps. Saying “hire more cops” sounds good, but cities don’t have the budgets to put an officer in every aisle. And blaming prosecutors for not throwing the book at every shoplifter doesn’t change the reality that clogged courts and crowded jails won’t keep the stores in business.

What actually makes a dent is smarter layouts and tech, hiring locals who know the neighborhood, pulling young people into jobs before crime becomes their only path, and even co-op style ownership where stealing means you’re stealing from yourself. Cities can help too—by offsetting higher insurance costs, offering small tax breaks, or forming partnerships that make it worthwhile for stores to stay in high-risk areas. Pointing at “culture” or daydreaming about gulags doesn’t change the math—if nothing’s done, the stores leave, and the neighborhood loses food, jobs, and stability right along with them.

the left is just evil

 

[DanOkeffie]

What a great country!

we can thank the left

 

[Rightguide]

look at those animals! they have rabies and must be terminated!!!! SHOOT em all

That shit goes on all over the country in blue states.

 

[DanOkeffie]

They also support a lot of lunacy that conflicts with the truth. That is why they are losing support as well as some affiliates of their movement. Andrew Wilson explains some of it here:

https://rumble.com/v6yixbc-andrew-w...enda-is-failing-miserab.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_a

we must start the purge program ie taking out the left

 

[Rightguide]

we must start the purge program ie taking out the left

All we have to do is wait. They are doing it to themselves. Democrat's poll numbers are way down to historic lows.

 

[DanOkeffie]

All we have to do is wait. They are doing it to themselves. Democrat's poll numbers are way down to historic lows.

the poor and the left must die

 

[JohnEngelman]

They also support a lot of lunacy that conflicts with the truth. That is why they are losing support as well as some affiliates of their movement. Andrew Wilson explains some of it here:

https://rumble.com/v6yixbc-andrew-w...enda-is-failing-miserab.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_a

Pew Research Center

March 19, 2025

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Most Americans continue to favor raising taxes on corporations, higher-income households​

ByAndy Cerda

With Congress considering legislation that would extend the tax cuts passed during the first Trump administration, a majority of Americans continue to say taxes should be increased, not decreased, for large businesses and corporations. They also say this for household income over $400,000 a year.

More than six-in-ten U.S. adults (63%) say tax rates on large businesses and corporations should be raised. This includes 34% who say they should be raised a lot. Another 19% say large businesses’ tax rates should be lowered, while 17% say they should be kept the same as they are now.

About six-in-ten (58%) say tax rates on household income over $400,000 should be raised, including 23% who say these tax rates should be raised a lot. Much smaller shares say taxes on higher-income households should be lowered (19%) or kept the same (21%).

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-r...xes-on-corporations-higher-income-households/

 

[JohnEngelman]

All we have to do is wait. They are doing it to themselves. Democrat's poll numbers are way down to historic lows.

Gallup July 31, 2025

Democrats Regain Advantage in Party Affiliation​

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Americans’ party affiliation has flipped back toward the Democratic Party after the Republican Party held advantages for most of 2023 and 2024...

In the second quarter of 2025, an average of 46% of U.S. adults identified as Democrats or said they are independents who lean toward the Democratic Party, while 43% identified as Republicans or said they lean Republican.

https://news.gallup.com/poll/692978/democrats-regain-advantage-party-affiliation.aspx

 

[Sean Renaud]

All we have to do is wait. They are doing it to themselves. Democrat's poll numbers are way down to historic lows.

Yeah our polls are low because we aren't doing our jobs, also because we're not sheep. We're still a ways out but it would be pretty shocking nto to see serious gains in 2026 for the Dems.

 

[Lance_Castro]

the poor and the left must die

Are you having fun?

Lol

 

[JohnEngelman]

They also support a lot of lunacy that conflicts with the truth. That is why they are losing support as well as some affiliates of their movement. Andrew Wilson explains some of it here:

https://rumble.com/v6yixbc-andrew-w...enda-is-failing-miserab.html?e9s=src_v1_upp_a

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-r...xes-on-corporations-higher-income-households/

 

[Rebel5soul]

https://www.pewresearch.org/short-r...xes-on-corporations-higher-income-households/

Why do you think "many" Americans think that way?

 

[glamorilla]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1964523269459157031

shoplifting just isn't that serious a crime.

 

[Rebel5soul]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1964523269459157031

shoplifting just isn't that serious a crime.

And that's where AR's with 30 rnd. magazines come in handy.