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Of course the media is. They’re in cahoots with the political apparatus to massage public opinion in the direction of more police intervention. I’d argue it’s not even a conspiracy…

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The state has an obligation to the people. Not some people who don’t like the state anymore. I’d feel this way if it was left leaning folks who want the liberal regions to join Cal…

It’s not that the laws could not enable this, but none do. They have free agency. Why would the state reshape itself to satisfy people who are prisoners to their own psychosis alon…

Why should the rest of Oregon change to satisfy voters of a non-binding resolution? They can get a Uhaul and go. Why bother putting real costs on the state to appease people with f…

It does not matter. They have no power in our system to simply upend norms as they choose. They can pack up and move themselves if they don’t like it. The onus is not on everyone e…

The post I replied to was plainly written. If there’s nuance and context intended it should be communicated. There is no “rule of majority”. Questioning what should be if they’re s…

Rule of law, not majority. It may look that way should “one side” or the other control an official political body, but at least for now, we still abide election laws insuring the “…

Why must drugs be illegal? Is it everyone else’s responsibility to protect you and your sensibilities? It hasn’t prevented folks from consuming them, or becoming addicted. If I’m c…

What’s great is all these exceptional, gritty people will put the work and expectations on everyone instead of simply moving to Idaho themselves.

For most folks in Portland, pandemic aside, it’s been life as usual. I have yet to encounter lefties in my SE hood terrorizing anyone. Plenty of Trump caravans last year, waking us…

The war on drugs put people in prison for emotional belief those people were morally inferior. It rightly so should be abolished. To be replaced with trained medical help, detox pr…

you’re all over the map talking about grandparents moving out (which implied to me you meant blood relatives), now you’re on about an social wide norm of random old people. But sin…

Point to where I wrote they had to live with the family?

Anecdotal, but all my elders who committed to supporting their grand kids; taking them to soccer and such, lived on their own into their 90s. The ones that died before 80 had turne…

“Retirement” is a recent invention. Before the last generation or so, the elderly moved into family support roles. Given that we’re bending over backwards to inflate the wealth of …

Population decline was greater in 2018 and 2019 than 2020. Even then it was tenths of a percent. Are sure “exodus” is the right word?