On the same hand, even if you don't subscribe to capitalist ideology you're forced to participate.
We (at least in the U.S.) have no real safety net for people who are unable to provide for themselves for whatever reason. Capitalism is great if you're the one with the capital but if not the world can be a brutal, uncaring place and you can quite literally die on the street.
Crime is endemic to capitalism and I feel like better social safety nets would pay huge dividends in a lot of ways.
We managed to find a free-standing one with wheels and a nice top that just connects to the sink faucet. It's been pretty nice so far, might be worth looking around. We found ours 2nd hand for about $150, it was definitely worth it.
There's a range here that requires an NRA membership to even join lol, I laughed in a ladies face when she told me that. I'm fortunate enough to live in a place with a few nice, public-access ranges that are run by/in cooperation with state parks and those are usually a little more welcoming places run by Rangemasters who take their job seriously.
Shooting can be a really fun hobby and a great way to bond with friends and family, it's a shame it's been so politicized and mischaracterized by people with questionable motivations.
Indeed, I suspect we'd see some movement on gun control if minorities and marginalized people would begin exercising their 2A rights. We all know the story of Reagan and the Black Panthers and how that played out, I suspect the same thing would happen again.
At any rate, I recommend all my LGBTQ/PoC friends arm yourself now, spend some time at a range, maybe get some basic first-aid training, and most importantly start meeting and networking with like-minded people in your area, start building networks of people who're on your side. Law enforcement will not protect us; if the rightwing has their way we'll be living A Handmaids Tale and a lot of us will be dead or forced into some form of slavery. Fuck that, this is America, we're not a Christian nation no matter how much a bunch of fundamentalists want us to be, we're the land of the free, and when they decide to fuck around they need to find out.
All the fear mongering about "Madrasas recruiting jihadists..." and the constant harping about "XYZ wanting to institute Sharia law in the US!" is really starting to concern me given the rightwings propensity for projection.
Same, I switched from smoking to vaping a pretty high nicotine juice at the height of the vaping craze. Slowly worked my way down to 0 nicotine and finally was able to drop the vaping. I haven't had a vape in over a year and haven't had a cigarette in about 5 years. I still get cravings but they pass and I'm fine. I was a pack per day smoker for 20 years, e-cigs can absolutely help if your intent is to quit.
Imagine if your kneejerk reaction to a post about a far right Dutch nationalist group is "Wikipedia is librul!!!1" truly braindead shit.
You should google around and find some things about them that you like or think are being mischaracterized and report back, that'd actually contribute something and we could all learn.
Our interaction is done once I pay for my items. Don't like it? Call the cops I guess I'm done dealing with the store for the day. Don't trust me? Hire a cashier, not really my problem.
I'm still pissed all these self-checkouts haven't lowered any prices. Seems like if you got rid of 30 cashiers the price of my bread should've gone down a little.
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On the same hand, even if you don't subscribe to capitalist ideology you're forced to participate.
We (at least in the U.S.) have no real safety net for people who are unable to provide for themselves for whatever reason. Capitalism is great if you're the one with the capital but if not the world can be a brutal, uncaring place and you can quite literally die on the street.
Crime is endemic to capitalism and I feel like better social safety nets would pay huge dividends in a lot of ways.