• 3laws@lemmy.world
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    15 hours ago

    So did you already sold all your possessions to help the poor? That question is just as absurd as your comment.

    There is no “solution” here, vehicles are not meant to be “solutions” by using their diminishing value to get money to help the poor. If they were, you would be saying this to EVERYONE that owns one, not even public transportation should be safe from your rhetoric.

    This is the exact same mindset that makes fElon think that he can just give money to the UN and magically world hunger would be gone. No, simply no.

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      14 hours ago

      No… but if we’re going to burn these vehicles why not reclaim and sell them instead?

      All of you “smart” people are making the same argument that the owners of these vehicles would have to choose to sell them. Did they choose to have them set on fire? No. So we can sell the vehicles instead of setting them on fire and use the money to help those in need.

      Wow. It’s so sad this needs to be spelled out for you people, but it’s to be expected at this point.

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        13 hours ago

        reclaim and sell

        I doubt the same people who are capable of setting one on fire and running away have the criminal contacts to be capable of getting into the car fencing business.

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          9 hours ago

          Right. It doesn’t have to be the “same people.” It should be what the people who are cheering for burning these vehicles support instead.

          Once enough people support it, then culture changes and we start to see progress. We’re not there yet though!

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        13 hours ago

        There is no legal mechanism in place to “reclaim” these vehicles and force the owner to sell and redistribute to the poor, but I think you’d find widespread support here for something like that.

        So instead they get torched, to send a message. I suspect it’ll get worse in the near future and I wouldn’t recommend buying one today to anyone who values their personal safety.

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            1 hour ago

            Right, arson is generally illegal but when we start talking about “crimes” we can also bring up “morality” and “ethics” and it becomes a much more productive discussion.

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              55 minutes ago

              You people are so far gone it’s sad.

              Really puts things into perspective how smart the average individual is these days.

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                23 minutes ago

                The United States is so far gone it’s sad.

                I agree public education is abysmal.

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                  13 minutes ago

                  Public education is fine, but people only get out of it what they put into it.

                  We’ve been conditioned not to value education, so that’s what’s happening.

                  Kind of makes me want to get back into academia. I’m tired of being surrounded by morons.