Take a product designed to kill many people as quickly as possible in war, market it aggressively as exactly what it is, sell millions of them, and then watch it get used for exactly the purpose it was designed for. Why is anyone surprised about all the mass shootings? We sell a bunch of lawnmowers and nobody is surprised when a lot of lawns get mowed. This is capitalism working exactly as it is supposed to. Politicians can't get elected without money and votes and they lose both if they do anything about it. So here we are, pretending to care about amendments and rights, when it is really just about money. I can't think of any facet of life where our kids are more valuable to us as a society than millions of dollars. Oh- except when they are still fetuses, but that too is just about money and votes.

Thursday, May 26th 2022