It's a pretty simple thread and I hope that it will grow some activity and peak some interest. Any valid points or useful information can be linked back and used to make threads to discuss things in further detail. Feel free to share how you feel here, however if you would like to provide details, proof, graphs, data, ect. I highly encourage you to create another thread so that it can be discussed on topic there.

Single payer and other socialist programs. Maybe even eugenics.

23337 Healthcare in the US is a serious issue for me. I just can't understand how people wouldn't be fine with a moderate tax hike in exchange for providing complete medical care to everyone. Or perhaps most would be; it's just that health and prosperity isn't in the best interests of the insurance lobby. I'd welcome a tax hike for improved social services like education and health if I wasn't concerned about how the current taxes are actually being spent. With problems like an overfunded military and overpaid politicians, combined with politicians that care more about maintaining their position than actually doing their job, I really wish I had a say in where my taxes are spent. It's driving me to actually follow politics a little more so i can make an educated vote come election season. 23339 Maybe even eugenics. I'd love to be told i'm wrong about this, but isn't it a known fact that the earth can only support so many humans? I'd imagine that eventually some tough decisions will have to be made with regards to population control, espicially if we keep polluting the environment.

Turquoise wrote: 23337 Healthcare in the US is a serious issue for me. I just can't understand how people wouldn't be fine with a moderate tax hike in exchange for providing complete medical care to everyone. Or perhaps most would be; it's just that health and prosperity isn't in the best interests of the insurance lobby. I'd welcome a tax hike for improved social services like education and health if I wasn't concerned about how the current taxes are actually being spent. With problems like an overfunded military and overpaid politicians, combined with politicians that care more about maintaining their position than actually doing their job, I really wish I had a say in where my taxes are spent. It's driving me to actually follow politics a little more so i can make an educated vote come election season. 23339 Maybe even eugenics. I'd love to be told i'm wrong about this, but isn't it a known fact that the earth can only support so many humans? I'd imagine that eventually some tough decisions will have to be made with regards to population control, espicially if we keep polluting the environment. Americans are real fans of the whole doomsday deal, eh? Yeah, we'll have to take care of that, but I'd let the future governments worry about that, since it's not nearly as close to us as most people would have you believe. They'll be making those tough calls long after we've rotted in the dirt.

The american public education system is a fundamental betrayal of The American Dream and only a small portion of the country seems to realise there is even a problem.

Proprietary software https://www.thinkpenguin.com/gnu-linux/europe-going-kill-free-software-have-you-contacted-your-states-rep

Vosaiu wrote: "Social justice" i.e. raising minorities up by letting them step on the heads of the majority

Social Justice If it's access to opportunity I don't have an issue with it. Unless it involves quotas. My main issue with it are the ideologues, or SJWs, which aren't even representative of those whom they say they're fighting for (most of them tend to be young white guys). They ignore anyone who doesn't fit their narrative (which most of the time disinfranchises some of the same people they're "fighting" for). They aren't even solving the root problems that they are trying to tackle, all their "wins" are superficial (safe spaces don't solve shit, just adding more diversity doesn't solve the lack of diversity, shutting down the other side doesn't mean you're right). The worst part though is that they're just hypocrites and lack the self awareness to even realize it. The sad part is that they're actually having a chilling effect in universities and they're trying to expand it into law.

The liberal lash back, american "progressives" have been confused for liberals, causing a lashing out towards all left policies. So the youth of today are moving extremely far right or far left removing any centrist concepts.

People still judge each other based on appearence. As if they're not the same under their's.

Some of society's problems that concern you?

slothski

student debt
people that dont use irc
the fact i cant have a doggo
the acceptance people have for the 9-5 grind
the mob mentality of both the right and left
my feet are cold

Oskitty

Political parties (at least in our country) completely avoiding what to do with the endless stream of foreigners because they fear to be labeled as racist

tftp

The rate a which humans are reproducing, and the ammount of resources we are using.

malmon

I'm concerned by how people in the UK seem generally content with:

how our government would love nothing more than to slowly chip away at our privacy and civil liberties
how our government talks of a weak economy, and that a state of austerity is necessary to bring it back up, all while having seemingly unlimited bomb-dropping funds

rod

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Backlash

rod wrote:
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So... An excess of shitty hats?

tsundere

mass surveillance, migrants, overpopulation, and political correctness

mass surveillance is a problem because everyone has a right to privacy, regardless of whether or not a country's laws allow it

migrants are a problem because of the incredible numbers flooding into countries all over europe and the inaction of governments

overpopulation is a problem because a lot of innocent people will die when we run out of resources

political correctness is a problem because it interferes with intelligent discussion and causes anyone who doesn't believe that a "trigendered squirrelkin omnisexual" is a real thing to be labelled as a racist bigot, even if they wholeheartedly support equal rights
i'm a little bitter about this one; can you tell?

None_At_All

People blaming national problems on religions or immigrants, and people assuming immigrants will bring a country's problems along with it.

But that's not a very popular opinion around here.

malmon

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35449
Sweden?

Sweden? Pretty sure I said UK 😛 I'm not really familiar with Sweden's politics.

Katherine

I think my main issues at the moment are:
Climate change not being addressed enough
General conservation issues

Those are the ones that genuinely bother me on a somewhat daily basis. Other ones like the obsession with maintaining a weird perspective of equality and acceptance to the point where people are restricting logic and fact annoys me a little but that stuff always passes in favor of a new social fad.

Saikou

PROBLEMS CONCERNING...

The UK:

Their police ignored the Muslim rape gangs in fear of being labelled "racist"
The same is the case for their media, and David Cameron, although on a larger scale

Islam:

The existence of ISIS
Nobody ever addresses how Muslims enslaved blacks for centuries
People being afraid to name the enemy
Police putting up a $1000 reward to capture some guy who put bacon at a mosque, while nobody gives a shit about people in the middle east being killed in the streets because of their faith or lack thereof
"Refugees" flooding western countries, and raping people (see: Cologne, New Year's Eve)
Responsible for the death of 100,000,000+ people

Leftism (and some of its followers):

Supports gay rights while at the same time supporting mass immigration of Muslims; Muslims (Qu'ran-believing ones, at least) hate homosexuals, and some are willing to push them off of buildings (see: ISIS, the middle east)
Hellbent on mixing all races together (besides Jews, of course)
Pushes for multiculturalism in the West, but not in Israel
Tries to paint Christians as terrorists, while the abortion clinic bombings only killed a grand total of 8 people, and nobody is yelling "Jesus is great!" and/or beheading people or forcing anyone to convert; meanwhile Muslims kill innocents (even children) in the streets of the middle east
Supports abortion, which has killed 1,000,000,000+ people (although I'm fine if it occurs because of rape and/or incest, which is the cause of below 1% of all abortions)
Supports affirmative action, which is objectively racist, since it raises people above others because of the color of their skin

The US:

Constant attempts to undermine the 4th Amendment
Rampant dishonesty among politicians

Ashley

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PROBLEMS CONCERNING...

skipping the first couple because I have nothing to do with them

Leftism (and some of its followers):

Supports gay rights while at the same time supporting mass immigration of Muslims;
Muslims (Qu'ran-believing ones, at least) hate homosexuals, and some are willing
to push them off of buildings (see: ISIS, the middle east)
keyword: some.

Hellbent on mixing all races together (besides Jews, of course)
I'm not sure what this means. could you clarify a bit? are you talking about segregation?

Pushes for multiculturalism in the West, but not in Israel
because we're not Israel. they are allowed to do whatever the fuck they want as long as they are not violating basic human rights.

Tries to paint Christians as terrorists, while the abortion clinic bombings only
killed a grand total of 8 people, and nobody is yelling "Jesus is great!" and/or
beheading people or forcing anyone to convert; meanwhile Muslims kill innocents
(even children) in the streets of the middle east
"only 8 people" - that's 8 people too many. I've never personally heard anyone say "all Christians are terrorists" or anything of the sort.

Supports abortion, which has killed 1,000,000,000+ people (although I'm fine if
it occurs because of rape and/or incest, which is the cause of below 1% of all abortions)

they aren't people yet, they're just fetuses.

we already have a population issue (imo)

we don't need children growing up in poverty because someone was irresponsible.

it's the woman's body, they should be allowed to do whatever the fuck they want with it.

Supports affirmative action, which is objectively racist, since it raises people
above others because of the color of their skin
I actually kind of agree with this one. the argument is generally "we're not raising them above us, we're raising them to equal levels" but really if you're giving preferential treatment to someone based on their skin color, whatever it is, that's racism.

The US:

Constant attempts to undermine the 4th Amendment
yes

Rampant dishonesty among politicians
yes

abh

Capitalism, hedonism, environmental collapse, anti-intellectualism, identity politics(left and right), and governments taking over the internet. Lots of things to stress about.

LoliPantsu

Society IS the problem that concerns me.

metod

Every society's problem I'm aware of concerns me probably more than shoudl.

pixelwitch

-The rising contradiction of meritocratic principles in favour of false-equality and outreach (in academia and FOSS especially)
-The legal status of drawings in my country of residence and others
-The existence of `Google Ideas'
-The prevalence of the belief that exceptions to legislation regarding free speech aren't contradictory of its very definition

Among other things that I'll later discover make me grumpy

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Islam
Buddhism
Hinduism
Liberalism
Progressive-ism
Convervatism (huge cucks, almost as bad as liberalism)
Jewish-controlled media
Communism
Socialism (muh welfare, muh autonomy!!1!)
Feminism
Women have never been so slutty and manipulative
Decrease in logical reasoning

All I could think of for now. How many people did I just trigger?

malmon

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May I ask, what do you think society should focus on, if anything?

numba34

Well since I live in Australia, firearm ownership is a problem for me.
And I mean I want easier legal access to firearms, currently we have a very strict system regarding ownership of firearms, it feels like law abiding firearm owners are being treated as criminals while they do next to nothing to stop real criminals with illegal firearms.
The average Aussie thinks guns are "ZOMG ILLEGAL!!!11one" and if you own one you are a baby killing criminal.
I wonder how many people here will disagree with me.

Backlash

numba34 wrote:
Well since I live in Australia, firearm ownership is a problem for me.
And I mean I want easier legal access to firearms, currently we have a very strict system regarding ownership of firearms, it feels like law abiding firearm owners are being treated as criminals while they do next to nothing to stop real criminals with illegal firearms.
The average Aussie thinks guns are "ZOMG ILLEGAL!!!11one" and if you own one you are a baby killing criminal.
I wonder how many people here will disagree with me.

Firearm laws are a hot-button topic here in the States as well. It isn't helped by the polarization of our parties: One side believes everyone should have access to them, the other says they should restrict public ownership of everything except peashooters. Excepting the unique disposition of the state of Vermont, the above views align with the "conservative" and "liberal" parties, respectively.

Personally, I would like to own and be trained in the operation of many different sorts of firearms when I get older. The gun has a special place in the American heart: It stands as a symbol for the fight against tyranny, the ruggedness of frontiers, and a readiness to stand up for what's right.

Hell, even my mother's got a leg up on me in this department. Before they emigrated, my mother and my grandfather would go rifle-hunting for tigers and black bears in the wilds of India.

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