Speaking of imbalance, in the USA, Black and American Indian and Alaska Native (AIAN) people have the highest firearm mortality rates of any racial or ethnic group. The U.S. also ranks at the 92nd percentile of all countries and territories for child and teen firearm mortality.

Source: Evan D. Gumas, Munira Z. Gunja, and Reginald D. Williams II, “Comparing Deaths from Gun Violence in the U.S. with Other Countries,” chartpack, Commonwealth Fund, Oct. 2024. https://doi.org/10.26099/1t4e-7h62

When I’m sitting at home, I am not living in constant fear of fending off robbers and rapists, or fantasizing about murdering them with a firearm.

A perpetrator with a victim complex.

i.e. hardship

I actually disagree.

There is a tipping point when MAGA followers are forced into situations where they must rely on their neighbour and mutual aid. They’ll be forced out of necessity to interact with people across the aisle who are giving them compassion.

You’re already seeing republicans flipping before that point from the DOGE cuts. Also, the governor of Kentucky is already flipping after their largest purchaser by a long-shot, Canada, took all their booze off the shelves.

Is there a Lemmy community for this?

Bingo. There aren’t simply a handful of uniquely shitty people who just happen to be uber rich and when they’re gone all will be fixed. When our economic and political systems enable and encourage the existence of such people, another one will always fill the void until we reform or replace the root cause.

Is wealth a euphemism for piss?