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Apparently lead in paint, pipes and gas was the real cause of several crime waves worldwide, literally because lead fucks your brain and makes you a knuckle-dragger If true then to me it shows that humans really aren't all that different from other animals - free-will and all these complex socio-economic factors are actually not as important as simple chemicals in our bloodstream. lol? IDM |
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yeh i've read about this. it's to do with impulse control, when unleaded petrol was brought in years down the line the crime rate dropped across the board. lead's a fucker |
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Also shows that a functional society needs environmental regs to stop bad shit from happening. I'm looking at you Australia |
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i think there's also a real issue regarding what to do with these poor sods once they become damaged. carbon monoxide poisoning is just as bad as lead poisoning. or, maybe mum was an alcoholic, crackhead prostitute, and you're not lucky enough to be wesley willis, etc.... the damage cases wind up on the streets or in the pokey if they're bad enough. as such, they sort of get swept under the rug, and this makes it much easier for people to ignore whatever's causing the damage. things like carcinogens and mad cow are the worst, because they're slow-burn and impossible to directly link to anything. meanwhile, the greedy fucks that will do anything to make a buck seem to be doing rather well these days. but, hey, capitalism ayn rand blah blah |
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"i read this "shit" yesterday" |
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I wouldn't mind Ayn Rand libertarian people if they actually stood up for the rights of actual human beings to go about their lives unmolested, as opposed to allowing non-human entities called corporations to go about leaving their mess everywhere and fucking over people's air and water |
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ayn rand was an angry amphetamine-popping cunt and her books were grand wanks to herself. john galt wouldn't have been such a sanctimonious prick if patrick henry had saddled him with oppressive student loans and repeatedly told him he's a low-down sack of shit for even needing those. or, if health care was so expensive / exclusive he died of chicken pox at 10. you can't have engineers without schools. refusing to help the poor will just cause the problem to fester and overflow into new areas. universal health care will make it so people take care of themselves properly -- which is cheaper for society than chaps waiting until they're at death's door and then checking into the ER under a fake name. in the end, it feels like a careful rearranging of reality to enable selfishness and greed without guilt, or any awareness of the consequences of their actions whatsoever |
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Lead is dead |
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scary shit |
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haven't tried it yet. |
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