Medicare for all. Do away with the private healthcare system.
Free mental health services.
Student debt forgiveness.
Create programs to lift people out of poverty.
Work to abolish systemic issues that impact the low income, minorities, lgbtq, and other traditionally marginalized communities.
Create an amendment codifying the right to abortions.
Protect women’s healthcare.
Remove protections for social media and tech companies that amplify hate speech. Even if I don’t like it, the Nazis get free speech protections, but that doesn’t mean companies get to facilitate and amplify it’s reach.
Create gun training programs that hopefully can teach people that guns are not a solution to your problems; guns are a last resort to protect human life. Not property, only life.
Comprehensive police reform. Reallocate funds and responsibility away from officers so that they can focus on dealing with actual crime.
Remove civil asset fortfiture.
Prevent the sale of military equipment to police departments.
And so much more. I figure if we can get rid of a lot of the underlying causes that make people feel like they don’t have a choice but commit violent crimes then gun violence should decrease.
This is the real solution. Removing guns mostly pushes people to use different tools for crimes. The best way to prevent crime (including gun crime) is to remove the pressures causing them to commit crimes in the first place. The added bonus is that you’re going to improve people’s lives instead of taking away property and hobbies
You can go through my post history, my biggest issue surrounding guns is that they are seen as a valid solution to solving conflicts rather than a last resort. I don’t really know if there is an easy solution to this, as our culture seems to reinforce rhetoric like “fuck around and find out.”
I think I’m on the autism spectrum, so I may not quite understand many people’s reactions. But guns and gun violence is an emotional response that we need to disassociate from conflict resolution.
I’d also reform the news media as a whole. Prevent the consolidation of media conglomerates like Sinclair. I’d remove protections from Fox where they say their “news” is actually “entertainment” so we can hold them accountable for the misrepresentation of situations. While there is no objective “truth,” that doesn’t mean there isn’t blatant misinformation happening. In my humble opinion, news has trended away from reporting the facts and even the most objective story has editorial bias applies. We need to be cautious of media that creates an “us vs them” mentality. There are enough actual issues that we don’t need to foster some manufactured outrage at a group perceived to be the Boogeyman.
If we remove the overarching fear in everyday life, fewer people would react in violent manners to non-violent situations and altercations.
I would be careful though, as I don’t trust state run news. I’d spend a significant amount of time to find ways to have more independent news organizations. Regulations would need to be built to protect from blatant misinformation or fear mongering. Honestly, I don’t know how to do this in a way that wouldn’t lay a foundation for censoring dissenting opinions, but I’d work with whomever I could find that would help me do so.
I don’t have an answer for everything, but I’d honestly be wary of any politician that said they did.
Medicare for all. Do away with the private healthcare system.
Free mental health services.
Student debt forgiveness.
Create programs to lift people out of poverty.
Work to abolish systemic issues that impact the low income, minorities, lgbtq, and other traditionally marginalized communities.
Create an amendment codifying the right to abortions.
Protect women’s healthcare.
Remove protections for social media and tech companies that amplify hate speech. Even if I don’t like it, the Nazis get free speech protections, but that doesn’t mean companies get to facilitate and amplify it’s reach.
Create gun training programs that hopefully can teach people that guns are not a solution to your problems; guns are a last resort to protect human life. Not property, only life.
Comprehensive police reform. Reallocate funds and responsibility away from officers so that they can focus on dealing with actual crime.
Remove civil asset fortfiture.
Prevent the sale of military equipment to police departments.
And so much more. I figure if we can get rid of a lot of the underlying causes that make people feel like they don’t have a choice but commit violent crimes then gun violence should decrease.
This is the real solution. Removing guns mostly pushes people to use different tools for crimes. The best way to prevent crime (including gun crime) is to remove the pressures causing them to commit crimes in the first place. The added bonus is that you’re going to improve people’s lives instead of taking away property and hobbies
Thanks. Feel free to vote for me in city council.
You can go through my post history, my biggest issue surrounding guns is that they are seen as a valid solution to solving conflicts rather than a last resort. I don’t really know if there is an easy solution to this, as our culture seems to reinforce rhetoric like “fuck around and find out.”
I think I’m on the autism spectrum, so I may not quite understand many people’s reactions. But guns and gun violence is an emotional response that we need to disassociate from conflict resolution.
I’d also reform the news media as a whole. Prevent the consolidation of media conglomerates like Sinclair. I’d remove protections from Fox where they say their “news” is actually “entertainment” so we can hold them accountable for the misrepresentation of situations. While there is no objective “truth,” that doesn’t mean there isn’t blatant misinformation happening. In my humble opinion, news has trended away from reporting the facts and even the most objective story has editorial bias applies. We need to be cautious of media that creates an “us vs them” mentality. There are enough actual issues that we don’t need to foster some manufactured outrage at a group perceived to be the Boogeyman.
If we remove the overarching fear in everyday life, fewer people would react in violent manners to non-violent situations and altercations.
I would be careful though, as I don’t trust state run news. I’d spend a significant amount of time to find ways to have more independent news organizations. Regulations would need to be built to protect from blatant misinformation or fear mongering. Honestly, I don’t know how to do this in a way that wouldn’t lay a foundation for censoring dissenting opinions, but I’d work with whomever I could find that would help me do so.
I don’t have an answer for everything, but I’d honestly be wary of any politician that said they did.