I think we should stop making excuses for all criminals.
This includes rich people, poor people, famous people, etc.
Everyone should live by the same laws.
If you disagree with me then you’re an extremist :)
We should address the root causes of societal harms that impact us all even if they have disparate impacts on demographics. That doesn't mean we need to create discriminatory systems, or even that answers must necessarily be policy. In general the answer to cultural failings is cultural improvement.
There's still room for policy improvements. When we crack down harder on crime instead of tolerating it, we will wind up imprisoning
fewer people in the long run. Crime thrives when people feel they can get away with it, and the worst thing we can do is allow it to fester and still perpetuate a prison state with an underclass. You sweep up the known criminals, stop giving allowances and deferred prosecutions and stayed sentences and start aggressively enforcing the law, and the people who benefit the most are the ones that the social liberals claim are the most persecuted class.
Minnesota is the great example on so many levels, we're not fully a lost cause like so many coastal states yet, not a totally broken dystopia. But all the descent is apparent. When a murder happens on any given day, we find out the murderer has 20-30 prior convictions and multiple felonies but is still out on the street with endless stayed sentences. The government gives hundreds of millions in social programs targeted at poor black people and then winds up with the feds prosecuting those who embezzle and defraud all that money and use it to buy mansions and sports cars and bankroll the campaigns of liberal politicians who protect them. The answer to every problem is to double down on what caused it, then throw our hands in the air and act like its beyond our abilities to solve
This post was edited by Goomshill on Aug 12 2025 04:26pm