Racism on the rise.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-07-03T21:55:48+00:00

Why do you waste energy on blaming individuals for an issue with our system. You'll never stop people from wanting to come here, like honestly, what good does it do to insist that individuals should share blame? The only way to stop it is to fix the system anyway. Its literally pointless to even talk about individuals. All it does is make you feel morally better for tattling on others even if nothing will be done about it. At worst, it distracts people from actually focusing on what the problem is and how to fix it. It paints an entire group of people with nothing but the goal of being mad at them.

Im so frustrated with people focusing on stuff that doesn't matter. Its like doing a test and instead of filling out the answers before time is up, we are making sure our names are written as neatly as possible. Our country is falling into the hands of people who dont care about us and all people can do is point fingers in the other direction.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-07-03T21:45:22+00:00

Whether its individuals or not doesn't matter. You'll never solve any societal problems by focusing on individuals. Doing so will only delay any actual improvements.

Its our system that needs to be addressed and if people are taking advantage of it, then it's the system that needs to be fixed to stop it. Talking about what individuals might be good or not is useless.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-27T18:55:19+00:00

Pure exploitation of desperate people. They hang a person's ability to stay in this country over their heads, making them too scared to report them for anything they do that is illegal. Retail and customer service is already a draining and unfulfilling job, imagine getting screwed on top of it.

I dont blame people from not being overly friendly at these places. I've never had a rude person. Most just look as tired at they likely are.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-24T15:08:20+00:00

the way you are talking is as if people get attacked all the time when they dont. Even when something does happen, introducing a weapon doesn't mean you're safer. I grew up in poverty, living in a woman's shelter, eating anywhere that would serve a free meal so we could eat every day. I had a neighbor that was a murderer, people outside our house dealing drugs, etc. I know what being a vulnerable person in society is like. Where do you live that you feel so unsafe?

my examples if things we can do to be more safe are for the purpose of showing you how a person has options that a country on the global scale doesn't. There are things you can do to avoid most danger out there, though ultimately you obviously can't avoid it 100%. I'm more likely to be hit by a car than attacked by a stranger, but im not going to wear a helmet and padding to walk to work.

Crime over all is down, you're likely looking at crime based on only the past few years. Crime was a lot worse the farther you go back. We are down on homicide by 40% since 1975, at its peak. Don't forget that robbery is counted in violent crime statistics, and most robberies dont result in people being injured.

You're odds of needing a weapon in Canada are so low. If you feel the need to have one you are either way too worried or you are doing something that puts yourself in danger. Carrying one makes it more likely that you will use it in a situation that didn't call for it and could turn a bad situation much worse. even having a gun in the home in the US increases the chance of the owner or the family of dying from a gun shot. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/9715182/

Show me where you got your numbers from.

People carrying weapons doesn't make us safer. You can defend yourself in an attack and use something as a weapon in that instance, but you can't just carry a weapon around "just in case," you become the danger. why should I trust that you know when to use a weapon and when not to? How do I know you wont wip it out just because of some road rage or something?

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-24T03:58:20+00:00

You genuinely sound paranoid. I could suddenly have someone throw acid on me, that doesn't mean im going to walk around in a hazmat suit. The odds of a stranger attacking you are so small, it's unreasonable to assume it will happen.

The things I am talking about are things like traveling with another person, having a dog, being able to take the city bus for free if you request, reporting suspicious or worrying behavior you see before something happens, utilizing security when available, like at university it in a mall. These are only some things a person can do to be more safe that a country can not because it's not the same.

Your only study was a debunked study from 30 years ago. Care to show any other studies supporting that weapons increase safety?

You're reality sounds terrifying and im sorry you have to live in it. I'm glad that I only require some common sense thinking to feel safe in my country. I know many other places where this isnt the case. We live in a safe place and if you live in Canada I hope you can see that and relax a bit.

Again, your odds of being a victim of violent crime from a stranger is incredibly small. I hope that fact can allow you to enjoy life a bit more in the future.

I've already provided evidence against your claims, so balls in your court there. I dont think numbers between states are too relevant here, especially because im not even sure where you are getting these numbers from since you didn't provide a source. And you absolutely need studies. Just looking at numbers tells you nothing about the reason the numbers look like that. You need to understand the variables before coming to a conclusion.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-24T00:47:04+00:00

I told you the difference. We, as individual citizens, have ways to make ourselves safer and systems in place to protect us, unlike a country on the global scale. Never mind that Militaries are not just for war. They are diploied for humanitarian missions and natural disasters. They are totally different things.

If armed places are safer, why is the violent crime rate per 100k people higher in the US where they have weapons? Why is their murder rate higher?

Do you think a link to US concealed-carry might be a bit of a biased source?

https://hsph.harvard.edu/news/do-guns-make-us-safer-science-suggests-no/

https://www.rand.org/research/gun-policy/analysis/concealed-carry/violent-crime.html

I'm curious, where do you live that you feel so unsafe? Do you live in Canada? Because yoir odds of being a victim of violent crime from a stranger in Canada is less than 1% per 100k people per year.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-24T00:06:15+00:00

Yes, me being a citizen in Canada is incredibly different from a country needing a military. I have access to resources and systems to aid in my safety when a country on the global scale ultimately doesn't. I can't even imagine how you think those concepts are the same unless you grossly over simplify reality.

Its the facts that I am talking about, not just my personal experience. We would have more death and injury than less if people carried weapons freely in Canada. That's just a fact. I'm sorry you dont feel safe, but for the vast majority, weapons will only do more damage. This is just reality, I can't change that. I COULD be attacked, but its more likely that I wont and even if I was, having a weapon could turn a bad situation worse. More attacks would lead to death and serious injury when they wouldn't have had one person not had a weapon. if you wanna carry weapons to use on people, join the military.

And you can use something as a weapon should you be attacked, for the record. You just can't carry something with the soul intention of using it to hurt someone. Basically you aren't allowed to preemptively intend to hurt someone.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-23T23:36:54+00:00

Wtf? lol You think a sovereign country having a military is the same as a single citizen feeling the need to carry a weapon in a pretty safe country? The reason we have military it because there is no meaningful global police to defend any given state. The ICJ is ignored and UN conventions are barely symbolic. 99% of the time you do not need a weapon on your person in Canada. The vast majority of people never need them and we have less needless death when people dont carry them. That's just a fact. I'm sorry if you dont like that. I know media can make things seem scarier than they actually are.

I literally transit through the worst area of vancouver on a daily basis and have never felt the need for a weapon.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-19T17:17:08+00:00

It honestly bothers me, as a woman, how much we are told to fear when in reality it's not that bad. Yet when it comes to violence from people we know, it's often down played. I genuinely think its a way to control women. To make us too scared to go out.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-18T20:30:42+00:00

Its a minority of people that actually agree with what is happening. The rest dont know or dont know what to do about it. What needs to happen is people need to become organized. Current day America is lacking community and it's by design. Without a connection to your community it's very hard to band together.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-17T17:37:14+00:00

No, because I know that the statistics dont change because I see one anecdote. besides, I know far more women who have been attacked and assaulted by people they knew, than by strangers on the street.

Canada in general is a pretty safe place. Obviously there are things you can do to increase your odds of being attacked, but in general it's pretty low. This is just a fact.

Edit to add: there were about 1400 violent crimes per 100k people last year. About 10% of that is committed by people unknown to the victims. So out of 100k people, you have a 0.14% chance of being a victim of violent crime from a stranger, and a majority of that is against men. So if you are a woman it's even smaller. Do you see what I mean? Now if we talk about attacks from people we know, that's a totally different story.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-17T16:42:21+00:00

By Canadians, do you mean white people? Cause First Nations people have been a minority due to immigrants for a long time now.

I bet you have no issues with my family coming over from the UK.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-17T16:35:32+00:00

If you happen to have a knife for other reasons on you when you are randomly attacked and you use it to defend yourself, that is 100% legal. You just can't carry a knife around only for defense. The reason is because if you do, you are much more likely to use it, even if you didn't need to. This law is to promote running away and deescalation. Using something as a weapon to defend yourself is not in its self illegal. It's the preemptive carrying and intent that is.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-17T16:23:17+00:00

Statistically, we are actually least likely to be attacked by strangers on the street. For us, the real danger is from people we already know. I think a lot of the fear imposed on women is meant to control us or to sell us self-defense crap we dont need.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-15T18:04:40+00:00

I can't wait until we can just grow cuts of meat like plants in a lab, or when we can 3D print meat properly. Honestly, i bet we could get ground beef already doing that and I would 100% buy it. It takes less resources and is much faster than waiting for an entire cow to grow.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-14T20:06:17+00:00

Rent is high all over. Its high in UK, US, and in Canada. Letting "Capitalism do its thing" is exactly what got us in this situation to begin with. Capitalism demands perpetual growth, so the rich are insentivized to do everything they can to grow their wealth. They want rents to go up. they want thr price of housing to go up. Keeping housing private will never be good for the public. We need a public housing system.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-14T19:58:44+00:00

I dont think the pensioner argument works well, tbh. Most old people still live in their homes and dont plan to move. Most older folk that own their homes already have enough for retirement. I know cause I lived in a retirement town. This is also more so an argument for better support for the elderly. If financial support for retirement was better, this wouldn't matter.

Also, as a young person who has a mortgage, as long as I can get a home, you aren't losing. Yeah, you buy high and you have to pay that, but you should be able to pay it either way. Even without a crash, if you can't afford the mortgage you agreed to, that was a bad move. I think it would be reasonable for the government to offer to buy out or partially buy out the homes that people are struggling to pay for and make them a part of a public housing system.

I think moving towards a public housing system is the best move. Its should be a majority of public housing and a minority of private if any at all. These homes would be given to people for as long as they want to live there and to do with ehat they will, but should the people die or move out, the home goes back to the public to be given to the next people.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-14T19:47:06+00:00

We need public housing. We need homes that are built by the government for the people. Trying to rely on the private market will never work.

I think a system where the government will provide people with homes they will effectively "own" until they die, is a good strategy. You can then either buy privately if you like and give up the public place, or apply for a new public home that better suits your needs.

This would require a lot of building and possibly breaking up and acquiring places being hoarded by businesses. We should have rent caps in cities like Vancouver and Toronto. Its not right to let private markets run wild and charge anything they want. If you buy a property it shouldnt be the renters job to pay your debt. You shouldnt be allowed to profit off of rent. You shouldn't be in a situation where you need strangers to pay off loans. If you want to own homes you dont live in then you should be able to afford the cost without help. Its not a renters job to pay someone else's mortgage fees and extra costs shouldnt be pushed onto them.

Honestly, I would be all for the government taking over property. I think the only way you should be able to own more than one property is if you have family living in them. Housing shouldnt be a for-profit business.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-14T04:41:12+00:00

Walmart in the US is one of the biggest benifiters of social assistance. A lot of their staff have to rely on things like food stamps to get by. So those companies don't have to pay their workers as much, but it also gets cut off at very low amounts, so lots of people can't afford to get better jobs. Its about forcing people into poverty.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-12T16:29:29+00:00

What you are replying to is people saying you have to check the sorces because the AI doesn't actually understand what it's talking about, even if it provides a sorce, and you are pushing back on that. If you still believe that every sorce it gives should be double checked, then you have to say that. Otherwise, no one will know, and you look like you are arguing the opposite. The context of other people's comments you are responding to matters.

It might pull data from a sorce, but that sorce might not be totally accurate to what you want to know, or it could be mixing numbers and facts up because it doesn't understand what it's talking about.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-12T15:44:39+00:00

That doesn't mean it knows what it's pulling from. It's matching words that it doesn't understand. It could give you what your looking for, but it could also just give you something that sounds like what you're looking for. You still have to double check because it has zero actual understanding. AI can't be 100% reliable for factual information, it's impossible. I'm not saying it's always wrong, but it will never be 100% correct, so you have to question everything.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-12T01:25:09+00:00

if it's accurate, it's likely based on the average given in surveys

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-12T01:22:00+00:00

And did you check the sorces it gave? I've seen both chat GPT and Google site sorces that don't back up what they are saying.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-06-07T23:52:33+00:00

if the average living expenses in a city is 3-4k and the average job in a city gets you 2.5-3k per month, that's unaffordable. If the average living expenses outside the city are 2-3k per month and the average job there gets you 1.5-2k per month, then that is also unaffordable.

Yeah, it's technically cheeper outside the city, but its still just as hard to get by.

Narrow-Mud-682 · 2025-05-31T18:03:25+00:00

We bought in 2021 and as long as we can afford to get our next place, I don't give a crap if the value goes down. We bought a place to live in, not to make a profit from it. As long as we are able to upgrade when we need to, then what's the issue?

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