This topic will be about what policies you feel are important for this new political party. Don’t be afraid to downvote to disagree, but remember: more can be done with discussion, debate, and constructive criticism than downvotes alone.
This topic will be about what policies you feel are important for this new political party. Don’t be afraid to downvote to disagree, but remember: more can be done with discussion, debate, and constructive criticism than downvotes alone.
We really need to look at the gun regulation more closely.
There’s no way we’re going to end the gun problem in America. But what we could do is try what Switzerland does, which is to mandate military service if you want to own a firearm, do annual proficiency and safety tests with your firearm, mandate that they must all be stored in a gun safe, hold parents accountable for their children’s gun crime if they used the parents’ weapons.
I’m more wary of implementing full on bans, we shouldn’t disarm the working class, lest the billionaires have the monopoly on violence. They need to know that we can still reach out and touch them if need be.
This is my concern as well.
I’m afraid that to solve the guns issue we need a deep cultural shift, not necessarily policy changes. Humans can be violent, but most humans are not violent usually. My best realistic hope is to build a culture that keeps that violence to a minimum and kept small in scope.
One of the most peaceful and friendly experiences I have had lately was at a gun show. It was a total lark for me, I don’t want a gun. I wanted to see how many LGBTQ+ people I could spot. There was a notable minority of people with the sartorial trappings of ‘family’ and a couple of gorgeous closet-cases. No one cared, everyone was friendly and willing to make random stranger-talk.
Even an anarchist utopia full of fully realized human beings will have crimes of passion and crimes motivated by mental, social and emotional problems, such as greed. There will still be need for violence in cases of self-defense and to discourage the establishment of hegemonic ideologies.