I always enjoy these low-citation think pieces. It's not that I think the author is wrong, it's that they're producing a philosophical argument about the real world. It should have citations and references to studies that support the thesis, but it's a "just trust me bro". The ideas are usually fun, but they tell you more about the author than the world.
Having said that: I don't think the tribalism the author described ever went away. We have a two tiered society where the in-group is the main tribe, and everyone else gets battered about by its power.
Of course I'm talking about white rich dudes - if you're part of the moneyed set, or look pretty close to them, then you're probably going to get the easy version of justice. If you're a bit different, then you're part of the Other tribe, and you get harassed by the police, shat on by the media, and a weaker form of justice.
And no, I'm not gonna cite anything, because the original author didn't either.
But I've read it is not on their plans, as it is a hack done by others on top of Lemmy, due to a lack of official support from Lemmy itself
I assumed it was part of Lemmy. Too bad it isn't integrated into the platform. I hear piefed may have keyword blocking, so maybe that's worth looking into.
If you feel it deserves a larger audience, please post a summary of it, relevant quotes, or something else so lazycasual readers (like me) can decide if they're interested in following the link.
“Governments at all levels are failing to make the connection between the lack of federal enforcement and the unprecedented conditions facing our local communities,” MacLeod said. “We’ve never had more homeless people or people with psychiatric problems. There have never been more illegal drugs on our streets. Why? It can all be traced back to the impact of international crime, including organized commercial crime, drug trafficking, and money laundering. The federal government is largely responsible. The RCMP is tasked with the responsibility of federal law enforcement, but federal policing enforcement has not kept pace. Instead, we see more and more of our federal policing dollars being invested into a fundamentally flawed structure where the RCMP is stretched well beyond its primary mandate.”
There's a lot of really interesting stuff in this article. Thanks for posting it.
Fine by me, but much of the op-ed refers to the housing crisis.
The housing crisis has been brought on by middle class tax policy, a lack of public housing construction, NIMBYism, financialization of housing (significantly by the middle class, although REITs have been getting involved recently), poorly planned immigration/international student policies, and the decline of skilled/unskilled trades (probably related to education, minimum wage, and tax policy). You can also add shitty transit/city planning to that mix, if you're in to that kind of thing.
It would be fair to tax the rich more, and it would probably make sense to tax gainz on housing/real estate more aggressively. However, there is a massive failure of planning at all levels of Canadian government won't be solved through simple adjustments to personal taxation.
Looks like: trees and cooling centres. And better municipal planning.
Did I miss anything?