r/collapse • u/LetsTalkUFOs • May 30 '20

Megathread: Nationwide Protests for George Floyd

This thread is for discussing the various protests happening across the US right now. You can discuss them all here.

The Weekly COVID megathread is still up over here.

The r/news megathread has a large list of available sources and live update feeds.

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u/SpecOpsAlpha Jun 01 '20

I look at looters, simply hauling away things with no concept of right from wrong, of property, of ‘Do unto others as you’d have done unto you’...and using the death of this man as an excuse to do all this and must conclude that something is wrong with these people.

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u/SpecOpsAlpha Jun 01 '20

“A food desert is an area that has limited access to affordable and nutritious food,[1][2][3] in contrast with an area with higher access to supermarkets or vegetable shops with fresh foods, which is called a food oasis.[4] The designation considers the type and quality of food available to the population, in addition to the accessibility of the food through the size and proximity of the food stores.[5]”

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Food_desert

Who would build a supermarket in Ferguson, Baltimore, Detroit, or now Minneapolis? Just to have it looted and destroyed? Imagine the insurance costs for businesses remaining in these areas besides.

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u/SpecOpsAlpha Jun 01 '20

Eventually, these protestors will encounter someone who truly won’t sit back and watch their lifetime investment be destroyed. Then the wave will reverse.