When Fascism Comes To America

Who's doing the whining here? Will you ever quit being a dick? The company will use whatever methods to reduce the loss that makes commercial sense to them. It's their business not yours. You voted for right-wing, look-after-yourself capitalism - here it is at work in your store. And here's you crying for help from the big state.You tell us you're a Christian (ha!), why aren't you doing something about the root cause of crime - drug and alcohol abuse, homelessness, poverty and depravation, education and inequality of wealth? Why aren't you feeding the hungry, housing the homeless tending to the sick?

The cognitive dissonance in that one post sums up the full extent of his ignorance and inhumanity.

First lets get one thing straight here! I NEVER voted for Donald Trump. Thanks to my sister I ended up voting for Biden and now regret it. Whose job is it to serve and protect? At work, they hire private security...likely another tax write off or way to lower the insurance. I do all of those things, though im not gonna simply help people by voting progressive. Giving a thief a house does not stop them from stealing. The rest of the homeless...most who are not thieves, can benefit.
You guys portray me as selfish and unchristian which is my fault, I suppose. There are many opportunities to share the gospel in an unobtrusive way and I do take advantage of my verbal skills in my work environment. You people think that all the world needs is a good government. You will be surprised.Thats another topic, however. Im not here to praise right wing authoritarianism. Too far left or too far right causes problems either way.

I'm sure they'd be more than happy to protect every supermarket in the US 24x7, all you need to do is fund the increase. Are you going to vote for the increased taxation? Don't be ridiculous, it's a straightforward cost of business; they're balancing 'shrinkage' against the cost of reducing it. It goes straight to the bottom line.But it's impossible to stop the kind of shoplifting you're seeing - if people are poor, hungry, homeless and drug addicted, you have to deal with the cause.You can't solve these societal problems by locking people up. Are you proud of these numbers and the company you keep?Top 10 Countries with the most people in prisonUnited States — 2,068,800
China — 1,690,000
Brazil — 811,707
India — 478,600
Russia — 471,490
Thailand — 309,282
Turkey — 291,198
Indonesia — 266,259
Mexico — 220,866
Iran — 189,000Top 10 Countries with the highest rate of incarcerationUnited States — 629
Rwanda — 580
Turkmenistan — 576
El Salvador — 564
Cuba — 510
Palau — 478
British Virgin Islands (U.K. territory) — 477
Thailand — 445
Panama — 423
Saint Kitts and Nevis — 423
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I'm a thief. What are you going to do about it?I had eggs for dinner last night, and they were stolen from chickens. Okay, that makes me a receiver of stolen goods rather than a thief.You probably don't think of that as theft or as fencing. That's because our laws don't consider it theft.The point I am trying to make, is that what makes an action a theft depends on the traditions of culture.Some Americans have been excluded from normal participation in our culture due to racism or due to other forms of discrimination. What should they do? Do you think they should voluntarily starve to death? Or should they find other ways of getting food?There would be a lot less shoplifting if there weren't people who are forced to find other ways of getting food.

Do you even know what a tax write off is?

In some ways, I think that Cerberus wants the company to fail so that they can recoup the losses on their taxes and simply close the place.

Perhaps you could explain the cause briefly. You then could explain why people used to work hard for next to nothing in the Great Depression whereas now they would rather steal. Am I ashamed of the US? People these days seem to have lost the character that made the Greatest Generation (WWII) live up to its name.I remember jar used to say that
1) We will get the nation we want.
2) The bill will get paid.
3) Americans will someday make great servants for the wealthy foreigners.And when he said that it annoyed the heck out of me.It seems like this debt stuff all started with Reagan.

I take that as a no. A tax write off is still an expense the company must pay for.. It is not free money.
You should never spout about finance and economics until you learn basics.

People stole in the great depression. The poor died in large numbers. Children were sold.
Yeah, the good old days when the poor knew their place. You are a disgusting, vile person. Classic christian.

They need to first get off drugs. Next, they need to quit stealing. The other ways that they can adapt include working and doing things the legal way. I call bullshit. Nobody is forced to break the law. This isnt a third world country. We have many food banks and ways to survive. The problem with shoplifters is that they want to live as good as I do. Yet they refuse to work as hard. They want solutions handed to them. Frustrated, they take enough stuff (from the rest of us, indirectly) to have their mythical lifestyle to which they think they are entitled.You all scold me for thinking I am entitled, so perhaps it is my destiny to join them.Sometimes I think it is my destiny to die and get out of the way.I'm not as strong as the street people...even the addicts. If there is anyone left in this forum that prays, pray for me that I will develop empathy rather than hatred.

You aimed that criticism at shoplifters. But it is a near perfect description of billionaires, who enrich themselves by exploiting others.You see the shoplifters as breaking the law (and indeed, they are). If the billionaires are not breaking the law, that is only because they have been able to manipulate what the laws are.

Don't care. Hate. Go off the deep end. You have burned any bridges with your hate, racism and idiocy. Rot for all I care. I have reached out with a friendly hand and have had it snapped at.

What I was hoping you would address, and what you didn't touch on at all, were the positions you took and the accusations you made over in the The Discipline of Conservative Christian Children thread, like this: And this: And now in this thread you've just added to it with this: You should provide support for your claims. How are progressives associated with godless authority? By what means are they trying to control your money? Why do you blame progressives for the amounts of government taxes and fees when both parties are deeply involved in tax policy? Why do you say it is the progressives' military industrial complex, and that they're leveraging it to improve humanity, presumably in their own mold? Why do you blame progressives for a declining middle class? Why do you think crime is increasing when property crime is down and violent crime is holding steady over the past 30 years? How is crumbling infrastructure the fault of any particular political group? How do you still not understand that "defund the police" is just a slogan and does not mean to unfund them but to give the funds for non-police functions like wellness checks and traffic safety and so forth to more appropriate departments? Why do you think inflation, a world-wide post-covid phenomenon which the US is weathering better than most of the rest of the world, is somehow the fault of US progressives? Why do you think what you think you observe in your little part of the world is what's happening everywhere across the US?What I think is that you're still watching too many YouTube videos. Those YouTube guys know how to rile you up, but it's apparent that they don't know how to provide any facts. They just want you worried as hell that things are falling apart so that you'll put your money into the only safe refuge, precious metals, better hurry while supplies last. Please stop listening to these guys. It's rotting your brain.--Percy

Unless you believe the lies Trump is telling, or others in the MAGA crew, Biden hasn't done anything that should cause you regret. You say you would never vote for Trump, yet most of what you say aligns with his lies pretty well. When the people around you have better lives, your life becomes better, too. Feeding and housing desperate people who steal to live *does* greatly reduce their need to steal. Government programs that reduce poverty and homelessness and hunger reduce crime. Uh, yeah, your fault entirely. We're just going by what you say. We didn't all get together in a secret meeting and say, "Hey, let's just out of blue start accusing Phat of being an uncaring, selfish racist." All we did was listen to your words. Your views are the antithesis of Jesus'. Like too many Christians, you have given up all moral authority for spreading his teachings. What we actually think is that government that does good makes the world a better place.
​ Then stop doing it. I hope all of us favor those who have the best interests of the people and the country at heart. If you're not really a right wing nut then stop talking like one. You could start by displaying a little sympathy for the desperate people stealing from your store.--Percy