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2026-08-08 18:45 UTC

That’s a shit take. Gangs arise when people are desperate and are trying to find ways to survive in poverty. Same with drugs, they are a coping mechanism. All because capitalism decided that they need to maximize profit so they moved all the manufacturing from Detroit to some other place where they can pay people less. People can’t get jobs, they get desperate so resort to crime or escapism such as drugs. This shit is not unique to Detroit, shit it’s not unique to the US. Happens in some way everywhere where industries leave and people are left unemployed and without prospects. Though in some regards it’s worse in the US since there is no safety social net so those people are truly screwed. Also I have a feeling that “low iq behavior” is just a racist dogwhistle.

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@CokeVoAYCE@lemmy.world 2026-08-08 22:16

as a former drug user i can tell you for certain drugs are not just to deal with poverty. it’s part of it but it’s probably not even the majority of it. and yeah, you can say “capitalism” is the reason why jobs left michigan, but that’s not an argument for communism that’s an argument for better regulated capitalism. OP is comparing capitalism to communism in terms of poverty, and the poverty caused by capitalism isn’t even in the same stratosphere and poverty caused by communism. communism had people starving to death, capitalism at least has keeps everyone fed. nobody starves to death in america. my point is communism doesn’t work especially compared to capitalism and i was being a bit hyperbolic in my original comment. also, gangs are not solely the product of capitalism either, nor is poverty, so linking the two when communisms failures are a direct link to the problems they cause as opposed to capitalism having problems but those problems not being caused by capitalism is the difference.

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