@brando_esl@rexthundercock@HeyDanitsme Technological advancement being so focused on screens is so lame. If your goal was to create the feeling of huge innovation while not doing much but creating instability, the iPhone is a great technology.
There is madness in crowds and everyone has a crowd in their pocket
Interesting article by @slatestarcodex on crime, recidivism, and how a real three strikes law would eliminate 80% of crime in the US but concludes it isn't a good idea / practical for various reasons including it would probably require imprisoning 4% of the population, up from about 0.75%, which would cost too much. However:
1. What about Singapore? Perhaps death penalty + caning has massive deterrence effect? Do that and the 4% number maybe goes down to no increase.
2. On El Salvador - "When you’re starting from someplace terrible, without any of the low-hanging fruit picked, it’s easy to make progress!"
The US + Europe are currently someplace terrible with regard to a lot of crime, including violent crime such as murder and rape, so there is low-hanging fruit even if it isn't a real three strikes law. Three obvious problems are releasing violent illegals, not prosecuting + locking up rapists + murderers for dei reasons, and the absurd California pre-trial detention 2X credit responsible for Grandpa Vicha's killer Antoine Watson getting out at least 5 years early (how many more examples are there like this across the US?).
https://www\.astralcodexten.com/p/prison-and-crime-much-more-than-you
@miller_dan59816@stoolpresidente I mean they’re a problem but all the vids I’ve seen seem like black Americans by their accents/lingo. Don’t think recent Muslim migrants are super passionate about knicks basketball
@simonsarris Reminded me of the show undercover millionaire (or billionaire maybe) a millionaire business owner lands in a small town with nothing and has to build a company with a $1m valuation on a limited amount of time… very interesting actually
Wikipedia: “Only an underwhelming minority of African Americans have ever committed any kind of crime."
An underwhelming minority?
Percentage of black males convicted of a felony: 34%
Share of black males who will murder someone during their lifetime: 1 in 22.
https://t.co/83X1hx8qqM
@Chidera15181727@Amekage_1 I’m not even Jewish but believe people should face consequences for their actions. From social shaming all the way to jail time due to social infractions to felonies… the “ehh to each their own” attitude is how you end up with so much horrible behavior which is where we are now
@motivatedjoy2@lucasjs_06 My take has long been that in time Islamic violence and intolerance will get so bad in Europe and US that people will then understand why Israel does what it does
As someone who covered the region for a dozen years for the WSJ, and reported in astonishment how even under conservative Pres Ronald Reagan USAID was funding socialist projects in Latin America, I can assure you that this is 💯 accurate.