[skissane]

> “The US is more diverse which is why we have more problems” is just an old racist talking point.

It also ignores the degree of racial diversity of other developed Western countries. Over 17% of Australians have Asian ancestry, and if you add to that other non-European ancestries it would be over 20% of the population. And yet, Australia’s homicide rate (on a per capita basis) is less than a quarter that of the US. New Zealand is about 16% Māori, 15% Asian, 9% Pacific Islander, with almost 30% of the population having non-European ancestry - and its homicide rate is a bit higher than Australia’s but still less than a third of that of the US. Similarly, New Zealand’s road fatality rate is just over half that of the US (per capita), and Australia’s is less than half.

So whatever it is, it isn’t racial diversity

[AndrewKemendo]

America is literally built on classist domination.

Like there’s no two ways about it it’s unquestionable there’s no denying it. It is embedded in our history and it is inextricable from our future.

Until and unless we fix the root problem which is the foundational inequity that America was founded on, we’ll continue to devolve and will eventually revert into a group of countries, much like all the ancient empires did.