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[–] slickgoat@lemmy.world 0 points 18 hours ago

Racism and inequality exist everywhere, man. It just does. I've seen it in France, Germany, England, Singapore and India. It definitely exists in Australia. If you think guns will fix the problem, or even alleviate it, you will have to show me the evidence, because the US is awash in firearms and things aren't improving. Especially for POC.

What it boils down to, every damn time, is the idea of American exceptionalism. It won't work in America because reasons. Even if systems are placed in other countries, and work fine, it won't work in the states. It is one of the reasons why the US won't adopt the metric system. Only the US and two third world countries haven't made the switch. That's fine, but American exceptionalism has now led you guys into a war that nobody wanted except Israel. Even two thirds of your own country don't want it. This is not a question of gun control, it's an issue of talking yourself into a position, and defending it to the literal death of your own people.

I'm not going to try and convince you anymore. It's no skin off my nose how America runs it's own country. But Americans aren't all that special. People in other countries laugh, poop, sleep, cry, drive, walk and sing, etc. Any system can be adopted if the will of the people want it badly enough. And you guys apparently want to be the world leaders in gun deaths per capita, and that's your decision. But don't try to blame it on the belief that you are an extraordinary different people. You've not.