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by ornornor 848 days ago
You don’t need guns to kill a class of people. Just low/no opportunities, drastically reduced income, etc will make the problem take care of itself: the class you’re targeting this way will slowly stop having/keeping children, live shorter lives, and fade away.

Not saying this is what’s happening though, I don’t think it was ever great to be poor or have low opportunities, or that it’s more lethal now than it ever was.
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positr0n 846 days ago
> drastically reduced income, etc will make the problem take care of itself: the class you’re targeting this way will slowly stop having/keeping children

This seems to be opposite of reality though. The poorer you are the more children you are likely to have. Both in the US and globally.

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riku_iki 848 days ago
> or that it’s more lethal now than it ever was.

it can get much more lethal now compared to the past 50 years in US.

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