@queerthecloset Cool I don't think anyone is expecting to snap fingers and have it all go away tomorrow. The Nordic model you described doesn't solve systemic problems. The socialist policies implemented in Nordic countries alleviates them.
@queerthecloset I think the abolitionist rebuttal to this idea is why not just invest in repairing the systemic failures that are the root cause of people committing acts in the first place.
North Carolina figured something out 40 years ago that most states still haven't.
Instead of just mowing roadsides, they started planting wildflowers.
What began as a tiny 12-acre experiment in 1985 has grown to 1,500 acres of pollinator habitat across the state.
The U.S. mows roughly 17 million acres of roadside grass every year at massive cost for basically zero benefit to wildlife.
Every state already pays to maintain those shoulders and medians. They could turn that same land into wildflower corridors for less money and way more impact.
North Carolina proved it works, the rest of the country has no excuse.
@TerryWatkinsJr1 More children have been killed worldwide due to bipartisan U.S. imposed sanctions and wars than both of these combined. You're just too privileged to add that to your shallow, disgusting comparison.
@trent__sh@agraybee@shibadad8 Your turn - why do Democrats cater more to the right than the left? Why do they boost far right candidates like they did Donald Trump in 2016 leading to this whole fucking mess
@trent__sh@agraybee@shibadad8 I have and know thay Republicans are idiots for doing so because most uninformed Americans desires actually align with far left candidate policies