HandwovenConsensus

Formerly known as Zach Weiner and Kelly Smith. They compounded their last names when they got married.

You're getting massively down voted. I really feel like this is a huge obstacle to mitigating poverty in the first world. People focus on appearances; getting rid of things that look poor even when they actually help people.

Yes, it's upsetting to see people taking such desperate measures. But those measures were taken in response to desperate need. If you fixed the need, then they would go away on their own. If you need to apply force to remove them, then you have not.

It's the same reason people oppose public transit, dense housing, and informal businesses. Things that are just part of life in the third world. But wealthy and middle class westerners have decided on behalf of poor westerners that poor westerners are too good for them.

3. looking down on the low arts such as needle point, crochet, comedy, street art, dance, etc

Huh... I never realized that, but you're right. People who look down in other cultures also tend to be the ones who look down on folk art even within their own culture.

I've noticed before that the people saying, "If there's an African American Culture club at this school, why can't we have a White Culture club?" are never actually the ones interested in learning about the culture of white peoples for its own sake.

The irony being that Russia would have worked fine if the Right wasn't in their pocket.

Sure, both sides are not the same. But the "good" side is still part of the system that allows the "bad" side to exist.

So by all means, vote for the party that will do less damage in the short term. But oppose FPTP voting at the same time.