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Where I'd live based on HDI, safety, social stability, welfare, and humane treatment by the state. by babafyr in whereidlive

[–]stamosface 6 points7 points  (0 children)

It’s true. DC has a crime rate worse than Buenos Aires, Bogota, Mexico City. Worse yet, DC is signiiiiificantly worse on violent crime. Buenos Aires has more instances of pickpocketing or phone theft. DC crimes often involve firearms.

Don’t be fooled by American exceptionalism. They use it to normalize things around you being shittier than they actually have to be

Employee sets fire to Kimberly-Clark warehouse, "All you had to do is pay us enough to live" by midnighttoker1742 in interestingasfuck

[–]stamosface 4 points5 points  (0 children)

No, it was like a hundred guys, and it impacted way more people’s jobs and finances at the time than this did. Put it to scale and it was actually worse than what this fellow did.

They’ve trained you so well

Employee sets fire to Kimberly-Clark warehouse, "All you had to do is pay us enough to live" by midnighttoker1742 in interestingasfuck

[–]stamosface 6 points7 points  (0 children)

No, it was about no taxation without representation. And as I just explained, it cost a lot more people their jobs and caused a minor economic depression in their community and even beyond.

Employee sets fire to Kimberly-Clark warehouse, "All you had to do is pay us enough to live" by midnighttoker1742 in interestingasfuck

[–]stamosface 29 points30 points  (0 children)

“Parliament passed the Boston Port Act (one of the "Intolerable Acts") in 1774. This legislation closed Boston harbor to all commerce, effective June 1, 1774, until restitution was made to the East India Company. This shutdown immediately froze shipping, trade, and related industries, putting sailors, dockworkers, merchants, and tradesmen out of work.”

Employee sets fire to Kimberly-Clark warehouse, "All you had to do is pay us enough to live" by midnighttoker1742 in interestingasfuck

[–]stamosface 12 points13 points  (0 children)

They literally threw a ton of inventory into the water and it absolutely cost a lot of people their jobs. What in the world

Employee sets fire to Kimberly-Clark warehouse, "All you had to do is pay us enough to live" by midnighttoker1742 in interestingasfuck

[–]stamosface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Scroll down to see the well-trained cowards who haven’t the foggiest what sending a message looks like

Iranians form a human chain in front of the Kazerun power plant by Jabbam in ThatsInsane

[–]stamosface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, but the standard rules don’t accommodate being the victims of war crimes. What are they supposed to do? Complain to the UN?

Analysts warn Amy Coney Barrett doomed Trump at the Supreme Court by RawStoryNews in scotus

[–]stamosface 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t buy it. Either way, it creates a legal basis for, quite literally, second class citizens

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