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Originally Posted by skarra
Therein lies the problem. We treat unskilled people like they don’t deserve to be paid a livable wage.
Poverty leads to crime, and so rich folk (typically white, but mainly because they have enjoyed generations of privilege) have to resort to extreme policing to keep the poor underclass under control.
Up the minimum wage to a livable wage and that will go a long way to helping the situation. And do a better job of weeding out the bad cops - we see far too many on video these days.
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At minimum, you proposed a solution - more than most posts which just complain about things as they are or they see them. There needs to be many more solutions. Increasing wealth disparity is the wrong direction. There was less wealth disparity in the 50s and 60s. There were more Unions then, remember back then? Germany has MANY Unions today and management likes them. It stabilizes their country. Ours is becoming less stable. Somehow in the US, unions have taken on a BAD image because of anti-union propaganda, especially in the south. There have been some union corruption in the past, but it can work! Germany proves it. Mercedes Benz proves it. There are MANY more solutions to this problem - which has been ignored / "swept under the rug" for maybe 80 years. It has come to a head today.
Maybe the complaining is slightly positive because it shows some small amount of awareness of the problem?