An attempted carjacking Saturday night left a 13-year-old dead after a security officer shot him; another boy, 12, is in custody

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      11 months ago

      Not bad at all. Rich kids do horrific shit all the time. Like rape people, drive drunk and kill people, etc etc forever. This is just some kid who played gta, had some mental issues, went out and did shit, then didn’t have rich immoral parents to pay people off and bury it.

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          It’s lemmy! Where regardless of what topic you bring, you’ll just get “rich people suck” and “fuck capitalism” as incoherent, tone deaf responses.

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            I’m not tone deaf. They’re saying that their life must suck. I’m saying that shitty behavior isn’t related to quality of life. I get that you’re center-right and middle class and tired of having to hear people talk about topics that don’t apply to you personally. But… grow up.

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                  I bet a guy called “show me your asshole” sets the bar pretty damn low, even if you’re a proctologist.

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                  It’s good for a certain percentage of people, but only focusing on one topic, economy, most everyone I know is struggling to get by these days with the cost of everything going up constantly; except of course wages. Oh and there’s mass shootings constantly.

                  But yeah, if you’re white, your family could afford college, and you got lucky, it’s not so bad, usually.

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        Being rich and having a fucked up and shitty life aren’t mutually exclusive.

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      The article links to another article and identified it with the boy who was killed. He went on a one night crime spree brandishing a gun and carjacking two cars and assaulting another in a failed carjacking. It’s a crazy world.

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          Well it’s because gun stores in America sell nukes to fetuses without a background check because capitalism is bad.

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            It’s worth noting that DC largely had its gun problem under control until the supreme Court told them they weren’t allowed to enforce effective gun violence prevention laws.

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          11 months ago

          Society is failing

          how often does this sort of thing happen versus 20 years ago

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      We did some pretty fucked up things when I was a teenager and while our lives did suck, the risky choices and crime were from being young and stupid, not poverty.

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          Being in prison or the juvenile court system is rarely an improvement regardless of how much your life sucks.

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            For you maybe. There’s plenty of people in situations where having a place to sleep and food through the day would be a major improvement in their lives.

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              In the most unpleasant and desperate situations, sure. I’ve heard of homeless people who commit crimes to get somewhere safe to stay, which is obviously a sign we’ve failed many people as a society.