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I agree. The GOP gerrymandering SF so that they have complete control of city council is obviously the problem here. /s

There are no GOP members in City government, and haven't been for a long, long time. This is the result of progressive policies. Accept that or this will continue.

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anon291|2 years ago

Americans have a major fetish for blaming the GOP. In my city of Portland which has many similar problems to sf, I constantly hear the reasons things are so bad is the GOP. What causes this kind of analysis to become so widespread?

throwayyy479087|2 years ago

People don't like to believe that problems are of their own making. You legalize meth, then your city fills up with people using meth - that's not the problem of the GOP. There's approximately no Republicans in Seattle, SF, or Portland - the problem is progressivism.

ilikecakeandpie|2 years ago

>I agree. The GOP gerrymandering SF so that they have complete control of city council is obviously the problem here. /s

Hey now, I was addressing this part of the comment "In a democracy, you are the government"

I am speaking as someone who lives in a red state where our abortion laws have been rolled back and have seen the impact of the gerrymandering first hand. This is the result of conservative policies and will likely have a negative effect on our state; whether by an exodus of those who don't see the point in staying or by increasing poverty for forced birth for those who can't afford to skirt the laws

>This is the result of progressive policies. Accept that or this will continue.

I don't live in SF so I can't speak with any authority to how much worse it has become. I can say that my city's murder rate is almost 50% higher than SF while being much smaller. From what I've read, SF is at least trying something in terms of harm reduction instead of just outright criminalizing or ignoring, which is what we're do and isn't working.

I don't have the answers and it seems to be a difficult task to come up with plans without violating a person's autonomy.

throwayyy479087|2 years ago

This post is about a murder in SF. Not about your home state. It's got nothing to do with the GOP.