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Ammo vending machines come to US grocery stores (thepostmillennial.com)

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cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/20309904

cross-posted from: https://thelemmy.club/post/20309903

“We knew we had something special, but we didn’t know that it was going to explode like that,” said American Rounds CEO Grant Magers.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 5 days ago (1 children)

I wish we still lived in those times. It’s really unfortunate the reality we find ourselves in vis a vis school shootings and other gun violence.

Nothing has changed as far as the weapons available, however society is much worse off then it was 25 years ago. And I'm not talking about the good old days of overt racism. I'm talking about material conditions, wealth inequality, employment opportunities, and just general dissolution of "polite society." Violence is a symptom of this degradation and going fascist with regards to the State monopoly on violence is going to make things much worse for everyone who doesn't already live in the guilded parallel society (like CEO's, the rich, and their pocket politicians.)

[–] LePoisson 1 points 5 days ago

I also agree we must attack the root causes as well. No single solution will bring us the needed change.

I'm not suggesting going fascist just some things I think would help. The monopoly on permissible violence already is the defining factor of statehood.

Anyways yeah shits fucked, the wealth gap needs narrowed and we need some real fixes. All crap aside, hope you have some nice holidays and a good day.