Right-wing pundits, landlords, and tech executives all believe they can prove we are amid a crime wave with just one more video.
Why Are Rich People So Obsessed With Proving US Cities Are Dystopian Hellholes?
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The Failed Serotonin Theory of Depression: A Marxist Analysis
By Carlos L. Garrido – Sep 9, 2022
A recent study published in the journal Molecular Psychiatry sent shockwaves across the scientific community and popular outlets as it disproved the predominant “serotonin hypothesis” of depression. In just two weeks since its publication it has been accessed by nearly half a million people and the subject of dozens of subsequent articles. The researchers analyzed a total of seventeen systematic reviews, meta-analyses, and other large studies focused on the following six tenets pertinent to the “serotonin hypothesis” of depression:
The Failed Serotonin Theory of Depression: A Marxist Analysis
The Flaw in the Progressive Stance on Guns + AOC Suggests Checking Juvenile Criminal Records To Be Able To Buy A Gun Could Be Racist
The flaw in the progressive stance on guns
Fulminating at congressional inaction in the face of spree killers may be satisfying and even necessary. But it is unlikely to persuade them to change the law. Continuing to insist on new rules while shying away from enforcing existing ones, meanwhile, burns credibility with conservative voters, who see a left that’s eager to penalize their hobby and reluctant to punish criminals.
Considerable progress against gun violence is politically and logistically feasible with more quality-of-life policing and vigorous prosecution of illegal gun possession — and the increased levels of incarceration both would require. If progressives want to make guns harder to get but don’t want to prosecute those who have guns illegally, then … it’s almost as if they’re inviting a future in which only outlaws will have guns.
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The racial politics of gun control
Gun control’s racist reality: The liberal argument against giving police more power
THE (REALLY, REALLY) RACIST HISTORY OF GUN CONTROL IN AMERICA
The Racist Origin of America’s Gun Control Laws
Marksman who is Asian American says gun control laws are racist, puts Asians at risk
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