StuStutterKing
StuStutterKing t1_iu33b2g wrote
Reply to comment by graydf in Shell paid zero windfall tax in UK despite record global profits by hugglenugget
I am an avowed capitalist. Capitalist markets, and specifically the modern global private market, are quite possibly the second greatest human achievement thus far behind Wikipedia.
Private markets, however, work best when competition is best. That is not necessarily true when it comes to public goods, such as natural resources and the energy grid. Here, stability, ease of access, and widespread infrastructure (even in areas where it may not be monetarily beneficial to do so) outweigh the current need for private variation and the additional profit margin.
StuStutterKing t1_itv427e wrote
Reply to comment by Galaxy_Ranger_Bob in Man bursts into flames after being tasered during arrest in Arkansas by V3r4L4u7aro420
Have you known literally anybody that owns a motorcycle?
StuStutterKing t1_ium7f9e wrote
Reply to comment by Fochinell in Homeless People in Lancaster CA Are Being Forced to Live in the Desert by xCeladon
> no doubt meaning execution of arrest warrants, court judgements, and skipped bail
There is a LOT to doubt about this statement. Homeless people are routinely harassed by police, particularly in suburbs and smaller cities, to force them to leave the area to avoid further harassment. This harassment comes in the forms of erroneous trespasses from public property, random searches and detainment for little or legitimately no reason, the execution of blatantly unconstitutional local ordinances such as restrictions on speech and sleeping, etc.
There are certainly homeless people who have warrants and other legal issues, and there are certainly homeless people that are bad people. But to paint them all with the same brush because they all lack housing is simplistic, idiotic, and allows abuses to be swept under the rug under the pretense of "homeless? Must have been a druggie criminal".