Saying you have a gun and actually producing and threatening with it are two different things. Only the latter is a basis for self-defense. Every state protects those who use deadly force when confronted with a bona fide life-threatening situation. The difference with Stand Your Ground is that a person can kill without being directly threatened. Trigger happy natives on the loose! Never been there and never will. Several European countries advise their citizens not to travel there as well.
Many of the drivers are doing it because they can’t find a job in their field; many have degrees and professional experience. Also you are out of your mind if you think anyone can exist on 30 k in NYC.
Yes, it’s capitalism. Late capitalism is all about monopolization, the dominance of consolidated wealth, and the leverage of accumulated capital which has actually eroded competition, diminished the marketplace, and as predicted by Marx, destroyed private property (the fruits of individual labor), the opposite of what it started out to do. Yes, yes, by all means let’s embrace it, as we do the eviseration of nature and our planet.
RIDEGURU
Saying you have a gun and actually producing and threatening with it are two different things. Only the latter is a basis for self-defense. Every state protects those who use deadly force when confronted with a bona fide life-threatening situation. The difference with Stand Your Ground is that a person can kill without being directly threatened. Trigger happy natives on the loose! Never been there and never will. Several European countries advise their citizens not to travel there as well.
Many of the drivers are doing it because they can’t find a job in their field; many have degrees and professional experience. Also you are out of your mind if you think anyone can exist on 30 k in NYC.
Personally, I’d rather have been born in Sweden, a more civilized society.
Yes, it’s capitalism. Late capitalism is all about monopolization, the dominance of consolidated wealth, and the leverage of accumulated capital which has actually eroded competition, diminished the marketplace, and as predicted by Marx, destroyed private property (the fruits of individual labor), the opposite of what it started out to do. Yes, yes, by all means let’s embrace it, as we do the eviseration of nature and our planet.