Agree on all points.

South America has had plenty of examples to inform them of how this would turn out and they went with it anyway.

Maybe not, but with twice the ammo you just might be able to keep them at bay long enough for help/reinforcements to arrive

There might be a few more reasons for young people choosing that dangerous lifestyle. Democrats and their propagandists have drilled it into their heads that they can never make it in a “normal” life because they will be oppressed and held back. Dems do this for the obvious reasons of a) getting people to support them to “fight the oppression” on their behalf, and b) to hold people down so they will always need Democrats to “fight on their behalf.” It’s a scam. If you don’t want your child to be successful, then all you have to do is constantly tell them that they can never be that without you holding their hand.

Another reason is that these young people grow up seeing people around them getting killed or going to jail. They end up with a “get it while you can” mentality because they assume they won’t be around long anyway. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy. It’s a problem that dems don’t want to solve because solving it would turn more people into productive, normal families, with normal/family values, likely to oppose their insane policies.

Values and what is good/right fall under teaching a person what to think. Understanding why and how it matters comes later with learning how to think. The mistake in modern education is the assumption that everyone can get past the first part. And it absolutely pains me to say this.

Dude,

I commend your sentiments.

I am incredibly pessimistic that good and decent people can persuade people in error to abandon their errors. The first GINORMOUS hurdle for people in error: simply admitting that they are in error. As simple as it may sound for someone to recognize and admit that he/she is in error, it is extraordinarily hard for most people to do. The second GIANT hurdle for people to admit error: they simply like the lifestyle that accompanies their error and do not want to give up their lifestyle.

That last point deserves an example. The average lifespan of male urban thugs is something like 21 years-old. And that is no secret–young urban thugs are well aware of that fact. Young urban thugs are also aware that they would probably live to a ripe old age if they abandoned the urban thug lifestyle and actually started a lifelong dedication to productive hard work. Alas almost all young urban thugs stick with the thug lifestyle–opting for the “benefits” of their lifestyle which is almost certain to end their lives at a very early age. So it is with people who embrace many of the ideologies and lifestyles of the Democrat Party platform.

I appreciate and encourage everyone to do their level best to persuade the masses with simple and constructive truths. I also encourage everyone to recognize that the masses will probably not embrace truth and therefore have a “Plan B” if (when) persuasion fails.

Correct, Hush. They’re teaching them what to think because we failed to do so. Which values do you want them to have?