America has been similar to a warzone for ages. Huge parts of the country are essentially a low intensity civil war between the occupying police forces and the black/brown natives.
Even in 1993, Mobb Deep compared New York City to Vietnam. Shit hasn't gotten better since.
there is so much conflicting information about life in the US.
local news/mass culture makes a lot of hay out of violent crime events by minorities, painting urbanized as lawless zones to suburban whites.
a whole contingent of pseudo social scientists point to the decline in "violent crime" rates, which sidesteps a lawless law enforcement system, not to mention the all too real phenomena of people not contacting the authorities due to their a.) uselessness and b.) likelihood of making any situation worse.
i've learned from personal experience not to report jack shit to the cops, because they don't do anything besides try to get you to incriminate yourself about literally anything they feel like dreaming up on the spot. and even if you go through all of it, they still won't file a report even for insurance purposes, unless you climb up their ass about it repeatedly. then it's a coin toss if making them do their job one time will get you put on a list for retaliation.
America has been similar to a warzone for ages. Huge parts of the country are essentially a low intensity civil war between the occupying police forces and the black/brown natives.
Even in 1993, Mobb Deep compared New York City to Vietnam. Shit hasn't gotten better since.
Also build trains
Death to America
there is so much conflicting information about life in the US.
local news/mass culture makes a lot of hay out of violent crime events by minorities, painting urbanized as lawless zones to suburban whites.
a whole contingent of pseudo social scientists point to the decline in "violent crime" rates, which sidesteps a lawless law enforcement system, not to mention the all too real phenomena of people not contacting the authorities due to their a.) uselessness and b.) likelihood of making any situation worse.
i've learned from personal experience not to report jack shit to the cops, because they don't do anything besides try to get you to incriminate yourself about literally anything they feel like dreaming up on the spot. and even if you go through all of it, they still won't file a report even for insurance purposes, unless you climb up their ass about it repeatedly. then it's a coin toss if making them do their job one time will get you put on a list for retaliation.