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In reply to the discussion: They Dared Me to Post This... [View all]RichVRichV
(885 posts)Everyone is just too thick headed to listen to each other.
Many social issues are directly linked to economic issues. Without fixing economic issues, the social issues can never be truly corrected. These issues aren't racial specific, but are class specific. They primarily effect minorities (of all types) who have the highest class restrictions. An example of this includes targeting poor communities (which are often minority) for excessive fines, and then jailing people who can't pay the fines. Which reduces the voting pool and limits the communities ability to control their local government (Ferguson is a perfect example of this).
On the flip side, many social issues are not linked to economic issues, and no amount of economic balance will fully correct them. They must be dealt with directly as social issues. To ignore them is doing everyone a disservice. This includes racial prejudice and profiling by police as the most prevalent example. To fully fix this will require a systemic purge of racist and corrupt police across the country. While some of this can be fixed by allowing communities to elect better city councils and police commissioners (which is economic, see above), ultimately it will require busting through the blue wall of silence to truly correct it (which is not economic in nature).
The world is full of shades of grey, where there is no single correct answer. This just happens to be one of those instances. I believe in an all of the above approach. Tackle both social and economic injustices and we'll make the world a much better place. We can't afford to ignore either issue. And both are vitally important.