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Crime: A litmus test for inequality?

Around the world, many countries have both a battle with equality for some racial groups and minorities and also a battle with crime-rates within and by those same groups.

Should we consider crime rates the real sentinels of problems and a solution require focusing on factors behind crime rates? Or is the correct response to rising crime rates or crime rates within specific groups an adoption of being “tough on crime”, thus increasing rates of incarceration and even deaths in custody for oppressed minorities and racial groups?

This is an exploration of not adjusting the level of penalties and instead focusing on the core issues and inequalities behind crime-rates. It is clear that it is “damaged people” in general rather than specific racial groups that correlate with elevated crime rates, so why not use crime rates to identify who is facing inequality?

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Ukraine: Putin and China, method or madness?

What if Russia and China both intended that the invasion of Ukraine would trigger global inflation and food shortages, and a potentially new financial crisis?

That Putin sees himself in the image of Peter the Great and restoring the Russian empire is no secret, and is generally portrayed as evidence that Putin has completely lost the plot. But what if there is a bigger plan involving both Russia and China that starts with triggering a global financial crisis? A dangerous game by two desperate leaders needing to bring others with them as their own economies collapse.

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Influence: No, they don’t want to sell your data, it’s worse.

Influence: No, they don’t want to sell your data, it’s worse.

I recently read another comment containing the 'I don't want google getting more of my data to sell' and it reminded me of the question, 'why is your data valuable?', and the common myth that Facebook and Google etc want your data so they can sell it. They don't want to sell your data, but the reality, is more sinister: they want the power to change your thinking.
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Crime: A litmus test for inequality?

Crime: A litmus test for inequality?

Lead, Crime and Justice

Lead, Crime and Justice

Race, Racism and Skin Colour: what do ‘race’ and racism mean?

Race, Racism and Skin Colour: what do ‘race’ and racism mean?

Ukraine: Putin and China, method or madness?

Ukraine: Putin and China, method or madness?

Obama and Xi Jinping announcement: a huge step for climate action? Or a backward step?

Politics. Left & Right: Merit = Wealth?

Trump: Conceding? Or Plotting?

The G20 outcome, a plan to make the earth a worse place?

Foreign fighters: Is it really a surprise that ISIS/ISIL can recruit from the west?

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s Australia Day Surprise: Another title for Prince Philip. Foolishness, or other motives?

Australia: Yet another prime minister?

What should we fear: The link from fear to hatred.

The Housing Price Trap: A global bubble?

Australian Budget: Ignorance or Lies?

Brexit and Trump: Common Theme?

Brexit: Litmus test, Labor vs Liberal

Syria: Why Assad did not use chemical weapons to kill Syrian citizens

Left Vs Right: Ideologies Clash And Outrage

The AUKUS FUKUS Fracas: Submarines, Really?

Lord Trumpemort And The Coup Eaters.

Democrats: Self Sabotage?

Tribalism: Good, neutral or bad?

The alliance: Conservative politicians and ‘secondary terrorists’

Israel Folau: Religious Persecution in 2019?

Tribalism, Racism and Despair: The xenophobia cycle

Secondary terrorism: the evolution of terrorism